This is the final honeymoon post. I'm not actually thrilled with the Holga pictures. I should've used film with a higher ISO. These are too dark. And then ones that have decent light have more light leaks than past rolls.  I guess I need to tape it up a little more.  Oh well.  I'll remember that next time.


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Driving out of Hot Springs on Highway 7, you cross Lake DeGray.  When I lived out there, this is the lake we used to go to for fishing and swimming.  We stopped there for a while to look around and take pictures.  Because it was a cold and gray day (and a Monday), it was pretty much empty, though occasionally people would drive by very slowly and ( Read more... )

On our way out of Hot Springs, we stopped near a house where I used to live. It's at the foot of a small mountain and so we--of course--decided to drive up to the top of the mountain and look around. Cory was a little nervous because it was a steep and windy drive and his car isn't really made for that, but we made it fine. We drove into some ( Read more... )

After giving up on reaching the peak of the park, we hiked back to the car. On the way back, we noticed a nice lookout point on the path that we hadn't noticed at all on the initial walk through. I guess we were really wrapped up in our conversation at that point.


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After our quick lunch, we headed out to hike the other side of the park. I really wanted us to make it to the highest point in the park, but exhaustion and the quickly setting autumn sun made that impossible. It was still a great hike, though.


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Coming down from the tower on top of Hot Springs Mountain, we took Dead Chief Trail (I tried to find out why it was called that, but the informational sign lacked that piece of information). This portion of the trail is right at the edge of the park and backs up to some apparently abandoned buildings.


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On the way back from the far side of Hot Springs Mountain, we stopped at Hot Springs Tower and one of the nearby lookout points. We had a great view of downtown Hot Springs (and our little motel) and more of the landscape around the mountain, not to mention finding some interesting things on the tower itself.


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As Cory and I continued our hike around and over Hot Springs Mountain, I found lots of small things to photograph, from berries and mushrooms to puffballs and lizards. The regular stops to squat and take pictures of something on the ground slowed our hiking speed considerably, but I think it was worth it.


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We spent Saturday in Hot Springs hiking around the park. These photos represent the first leg of our hike up, over, and around Hot Springs Mountain.


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