A bit of color
At the end of Fallen Leaf Lake is a nice little grove of Aspen trees. We set off into the trees to try to find some nice photo opportunities. Unfortunately, they weren’t as colorful as I had hoped they would be, and a lot of the leaves had already fallen off the trees. I was bummed about that.
I always seem to have troubles finding compositions that I like whilst amongst the trees. I kept heading further and further off the path into the trees in search of something I could take a photo of. I totally lost sight of my friend Rob for a good while. I think he must’ve thought I’d been eaten by a bear or something. Finally, I found a decent photo opportunity that I liked.
I was making fun of Rob for carving his initials on Aspen trees when he was a kid. How environmentally unfriendly! We saw quite a bit of that on the trees at Tahoe (though not on these trees far off the beaten path into the woods). It definitely is rather ugly. Later, in the Taylor Creek area we saw a sign telling people not to carve on the trees. It shortens their lifespan amongst other things. Rob highly doubted that it shortens their lifespan, and I would tend to agree with him. In the grand scheme of things, I guess writing on trees is not all that horrible. People do much worse things than this to the environment. So you’re forgiven, Rob. 😉
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