2017 - best photos

[mhespenheide]

Originally Posted by kppolich

What a year it has been!

Love the cobblestone shot!

[mhespenheide]

And two more from the Huayhuash:

[notsew]

Very nice pics!

[jumphigher]

Here's one of my favorites. I used to hand feed him peanuts at the midway point of my 40 mile daily rides, when I would stop to eat an energy bar. He would sit right next to me while I ate.

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[beeatnik]

Originally Posted by mhespenheide

And two more from the Huayhuash:

Mark, I'm going to steal your flikas so I can contribute to the Radavist!

[mhespenheide]

Originally Posted by beeatnik

Mark, I'm going to steal your flikas so I can contribute to the Radavist!

There's no way I'm cool enough for the Radavist. I'm a high school physics teacher in my mid-40's, and I ride old road bikes unironically.


But I'm glad you like them!

[weisan]

Originally Posted by mhespenheide

in my mid-40's, and I ride old road bikes

hey careful there m-pal, I am in the same category. my 4-yr-old thinks I am the coolest guy that lives on this planet.

[mhespenheide]

Originally Posted by weisan

hey careful there m-pal, I am in the same category. my 4-yr-old thinks I am the coolest guy that lives on this planet.

I don't have a four year old, though, so my teenaged students keep me humble -- at least in terms of my coolness quotient.

[mhespenheide]

Back to the High Sierra after returning home to California:

/1/ Wildflowers ("shooting stars") in one of the high basins above timberline.

/2/ Dawn twilight above one of the lakes in that same basin -- but on another trip, as I'm chasing a photograph from up there that I haven't yet gotten right.

/3/ The total eclipse along the Oregon-Idaho border. It was amazing: like being on another planet.

[soulspinner]

Originally Posted by mhespenheide

There's no way I'm cool enough for the Radavist. I'm a high school physics teacher in my mid-40's, and I ride old road bikes unironically.


But I'm glad you like them!

Great stuff. Radavist should be happy to have them.

[providence]

Lake Louise


Our two favorite spots in the metro MN; Tattersall and Revival.



Two completed projects of the year.

[AngryScientist]

providence - bravo. lake louise! wow.

[roguedog]

Some great riding memories this year even though I didn't get out as much as past years.

Rode in BC on some non paved trails and then a pic from a ride into a canyon where they closed the road (woot!)

[gomango]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

you've got a place out by Homer?

Sort of.

My wife's family is involved with a land trust that's 19 miles outside of Homer.

It is an amazing place to visit in the summer. We are into deep sea fishing and it is impossible to go wrong in this area.

Couple of bonus shots.

Sockeye spawning in the Russian River. If you can shoulder past the Grizzlies, you might be able to "snag" one.

[IMG]IMG_3397 by gomango1849, on Flickr[/IMG]

Mrs. Gomango and I at the Grewink Glacier near Katchemak Bay. Watch out for the Grizzlies!!!

[IMG]IMG_3506 by gomango1849, on Flickr[/IMG]

[gomango]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

providence - bravo. lake louise! wow.

Excellent shot.

Cole, what camera/lens combo if you don't mind?