that's pretty bad
anyway, we are here in Leavenworth, in Central Washington
we are going to stay here for the next few days
mainly because tomorrow I'm going to The Enchantments
if I can, because there are wildfires all around, so
if it's too smoky to hike, then I'll have to stay here
if it looks good, and I'll have to check on that tomorrow in the morning at the trailhead
then I'll be spending the next 2 nights up in the Enchantments for the first time
but no matter what, even if I don't go hiking
I'm going to be shooting these two new cameras
this is a Holga 120N, it's a medium format film camera
it's a toy camera, but it's pretty fun to use
and this one, the a6500. I got it a few days ago
this is going to be my first big trip with it
hopefully I can make better videos with this camera
but now it's dinner time!
we are going to go out. I'll show a little bit of the town, because it's pretty cute.
ok so I have all this
these are all my clothes
tent here
I have all my food
the bag, sleeping bag
it's a lot of things
well so, this is it
it's 20 minutes to 7
we are driving to the trailhead and it looks very, very smoky
I don't know
well we made it to the trailhead
there are quite a few people here
so yeah, I'm doing it
I'm going to be somewhere behind those peaks, I think, or further, I don't know
somewhere around there
ready
so we are here
I'm planning on camping here
and then tomorrow hike here, hike back
another night, and hike back down
that's the plan
that's Leavenworth there
ok first break
or at least that's what I think
I think I'm right though
anyway, so far, first mile
850 feet, not too bad
it's a beautiful place even with all the smoke
ok, second break
3 miles in, 1,800 feet
anyway, I have... what? another 3 miles to the first lake?
and twice the elevation gain
not too bad, I'm feeling pretty good actually, but the backpack is pretty heavy
I've done... almost 4 and a half miles, almost 3,000 feet
so yeah, I should be more than halfway to Nada Lake
it's here
maybe another mile and a half
this is one of those times where people on YouTube
leave the camera up there, they go back, and hike up
to record themselves. but yeah, I'm not doing that
alright, last break before Snow Lakes. they should be upcoming there
6 miles, 3,700 feet
3 hours, not too bad
and yeah, this is Nada Lake
it might not be the best spot, but I'm getting this one
it doesn't have any shade, but at least I'm not alone there are more people there
I'm so tired
I don't think I've explained this, but this place is
especial, because you need a permit to stay here
it's not easy to get one, but I was lucky enough to get two days, two nights here
I can camp anywhere, here or on the Upper Lakes
so I'm not sure about what to do just yet
I was thinking, my original plan was
my original plan was to camp here tonight
hike up to the upper lakes tomorrow and maybe come back here
and sleep here again
but now I'm thinking that it might be too smoky tomorrow to hike up there
so I might just want to go tonigth
I don't know, all I know is that I'm going to set it up now
I'm going to take a nap, because I'm really tired
this is my site
well hopefully it's ok here, it's not very high I know
look at that though, so smoky right now
ok so I took a nap, kind of, and I've been shooting the Holga around
that's ash, it's falling ash right now
so yeah, that's not good
I really hope I don't have to leave but
it's falling ash now here
and that's not good, and it's looking pretty bad
it got much worse during the last hour
I'm going to wait a little bit because I'm already here
if it gets just a little bit worse I might have to head back today
and that'd suck a lot
this might be my only chance to go to the Upper Lakes
anyway, it's 2pm, sunset should be around 7:30, 8
so I have pretty much 6 hours
and that means that I have 2 hours to make a decision
that peak there is called The Temple
and it's pretty cool
majestic, I'd say
it's 4pm
and the window to go back is closing quickly
it's about time to make a decision about what to do today
there are good news though, and it's that it looks much better on this side
at least from the tent
I think I'm staying tonight
and I'll have to check on the smoke tomorrow in the morning to see if I'm hiking to the Upper lakes
that's looking better
that is not
look at that, amazing background for this camera
well I thought I could talk about this camera and why I got it
so this is a plastic, toy camera
it's very, very, very simple
that's the shutter, so you take a photo that way
you can take as many exposure as you want on the same frame so
if you put it in a backpack, it can be taking photos and you don't even realize
wind the film here, and that's pretty much it
you can change the exposure a little bit
that'd be cloudy, and that'd be sunny
I think that's f8 and f11, I'm not really sure
that's the focus, from really close focus to landscapes
the photos are not amazing, this lens is plastic
this cameras was 30 bucks, 35 I believe
it uses medium format film
so yeah I think it's pretty cool, I've been having fun shooting it
I shot like 3 rolls, developed just 1
this camera was for
both getting a different look on my photos
and to shoot film on situations like this where I cannot bring my big camera
that's is very, very good to see
this is all... it has... this camera inside
pretty much nothing
oooh, bee!
get out
well, that doesn't look good at all, that is fire
ok so I just went and talked to that group over there
they seem fine, like not worried at all
the fire is like... or it was supposed to be, 7 miles away
but there aren't too many trees in between there and here
so we should be pretty safe here, from that fire
it does look like a lot of smoke