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Zia
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by Zia » October 23rd, 2013, 8:40 pm
Looks absolutely amazing! Thanks for the TR
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by BrianEdwards » October 23rd, 2013, 10:21 pm
Wow! After the September we had, who'da thought one could experience Olallie like this in late Oct
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forestkeeper
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by forestkeeper » October 23rd, 2013, 10:55 pm

Awesome pics, Gene. I'll be heading up there in the morning. Thinking about hiking the Lower Lake/Frog Lake Trail or the Olallie Butte Trail which I hiked back in July. Now seeing your beautiful (as always

) photos, just might have to hike the Monon Loop instead. Thanks for the inspiration.
Will
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by justpeachy » October 24th, 2013, 6:42 am
Wow, almost like summer!

After that rough wet start we had to fall I'm pleased to see such a turnaround in the weather.
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pdxgene
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by pdxgene » October 24th, 2013, 7:08 am
It was almost hard to remember that it was late October and that it's not really supposed to be like that there. The water was almost warm enough for a swim... but not quite..
If anyone is looking for an uncrowded place to spend one of these last days of the warm stretch, the nice thing is a good chunk of the trail is in the open sun and the day use area gets sun thru the afternoon. It's nice and wide open.
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by pdxgene » October 24th, 2013, 7:10 am
forestkeeper wrote:
Awesome pics, Gene. I'll be heading up there in the morning. Thinking about hiking the Lower Lake/Frog Lake Trail or the Olallie Butte Trail which I hiked back in July. Now seeing your beautiful (as always

) photos, just might have to hike the Monon Loop instead. Thanks for the inspiration.
Will
Thanx Will! Yeah, that whole shore section on the side of Monon Lake where it's brushy is all lit up bright red in the sun. It was a really nice surprise to see that so late in the season.
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by Double Tree » October 25th, 2013, 6:21 am
Forestkeeper,
Most of the color from Fish Lake, past Lower, and PCT to Olallie, is gone. Did that hike on Sunday. Still enjoyable, but not as colorful as Monan appears to be. Very few people on Sunday so not surprising that a weekday was almost empty. My husband dropped me off at Fish and I hiked up to Olallie where he spent the morning fishing. A few patches of snow like the one pictured along the way. Had to walk around the flooded trail in a couple spots.
Discouraging to find a campfire still sizzling-hot and smoking in an empty campsite at the far end of Paul Dennis. My good deed for the day was to drown it out.
Kelly
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by Roy » October 25th, 2013, 6:39 pm
Have not replied to you yet, but your fall trs are stunning,
What camera have you upgraded to.? I'm looking my phone and old Cannon power shot
have done the job time to upgrade
Thanks ---Tom
The downhill of the mind is harder than the uphill of the body. - Yuichiro Miura
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by pdxgene » October 26th, 2013, 6:30 am
Roy wrote:Have not replied to you yet, but your fall trs are stunning,
What camera have you upgraded to.? I'm looking my phone and old Cannon power shot
have done the job time to upgrade
Thanks ---Tom
Hey, thanx! I have the Pentax K-30. The main reason I picked that particular one is that it's weatherproof. Though for the fall shots the sun gets most of the credit. I just have to find the right spot to take the picture. And that involves walking in lots of small circles sometimes. In which case it's probably good that I'm by myself and not driving a hiking partner nuts..
