A WEEKEND AT CHRISTMAS MEADOWS

Way back in June I met up with Hive account@jarvie and Wade for a little weekend excursion in the Uinta mountains of Utah.
Jarvie was able to get there early in the day to secure a perfect little campsite right along the creek. We spent some time photographing the stars, hiking, and kayaking the creek. It rained off and on for most of the weekend so we didn't get the best stars, so I'll be back again.

Here's a view from the campsite that Hive account@jarvie scored

After a dud of sunset we waited for the clouds to clear so we could photograph the milky way. I scoped out different bends in the creek to photograph the perfect reflection. As I walked further away from Jarvie and Wade, my mind started to play tricks on me (we were in bear and moose country). Just as I was setting my tripod up along the creek I heard a loud SLAP! on the water, I screamed out "HEEEYYYY!!!" to assert my dominance, but quickly ran back to where the others were. It was quite dark and the ground was very uneven so it was a bit slow going. Fortunately it was probably just a beaver tried to scare me off.

The stars made a short appearance

The next morning I woke up early to check out the sunrise. It was cold and everything was wet from the rain we'd gotten overnight, but we had a few clouds lingering around to add a touch of interest in the skies.

After breakfast we decided to go for a short hike and a long kayak, but that'll come in another post. Here's a photo of some type of wildflower, but without the flower. There were meadows covered in these. I think we were about a month too early for the peak wildflower season.