Mark - would it be alright to use this photo on my blog - with full accreditation? I just wanted to point out to my readers that the trail was now open. No problem if you don't want to do this. Thanks! http://hikinginglacier.blogspot.com/
Sure thing ... no problem at all. You can note that the trail has been cleared of downed trees, and that the route is snow-free till a few hundred yards below the lake. The trail section from the foot to the head of the lake is still snow-covered.
Trail clearing has yet to begin on most other trails, and many west-side trails have a lot of deadfall this year -- over 100 trees down across the Apgar Lookout trail, for example. Other than Avalanche, the Boundary Trail heading upstream from Park Headquarters is the other good early-season hike choice right now.
At a high-end electronics shop today, I overheard an earnest young salesman explaining all about computers to a new customer: "You can use three different operating systems on a computer -- Apple, HP, and Google."
Installed the Lion upgrade on my iMac this morning, though not without difficulty ... the download crashed the App Store application! My initial thoughts are mixed. Safari seems much improved, and the left/right swipe action there is brilliant. I'm already used to the "reversed" scrolling, but I re-enabled the always-visible scroll bar ... it makes no sense at all to have that disappear on a desktop device. Launchpad is useless for anyone with more than a handful of apps, and since I don't use Spaces I don't really like the new look of Mission Control. Mail seems more solid, though I went back to the classic UI there. There's a lot of serious ugliness in the UI, especially for a design-conscious company like Apple. The Finder and Mail went way too far towards the monochrome look ... the font choices, spacing, and graphic layout all suck. On the other hand, Apple went too far in the other direction in the Address Book and iCal, sacrificing usability and
So for those of you who haven't heard, the engine on my poor old Toyota finally gave up the ghost last week. This is the car I got to replace it -- a new Subaru XV Crosstrek. And of course I had to get it in orange. :)
Awesome photo - did you take that today?
ReplyDeleteThanks! And yep, I went up there today. It's the perfect time of year to visit Avalanche - mainly because there's no mob of summer tourists yet!
ReplyDeleteGreat Photo Mark! How are you?
ReplyDeleteMarko Milbourne -- Hanging in there, as always. Hope all is well with you!!
ReplyDeleteMark - would it be alright to use this photo on my blog - with full accreditation? I just wanted to point out to my readers that the trail was now open. No problem if you don't want to do this. Thanks! http://hikinginglacier.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteSure thing ... no problem at all. You can note that the trail has been cleared of downed trees, and that the route is snow-free till a few hundred yards below the lake. The trail section from the foot to the head of the lake is still snow-covered.
ReplyDeleteTrail clearing has yet to begin on most other trails, and many west-side trails have a lot of deadfall this year -- over 100 trees down across the Apgar Lookout trail, for example. Other than Avalanche, the Boundary Trail heading upstream from Park Headquarters is the other good early-season hike choice right now.
Mark - thank you very much! Hey, I linked your name to your Google+ account. If you would prefer for me to remove this for any reason, just let me know. Here's a link to the posting: http://hikinginglacier.blogspot.com/2012/05/trail-to-avalanche-lake-now-open.html
ReplyDeleteLooks great, Jeff ... and thanks for the shout-out!
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