<![CDATA[Vera Barnes Photography - Blog]]>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 04:17:56 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[New Planet]]>Thu, 14 Jul 2016 15:45:36 GMThttps://www.verabarnesphoto.com/blog/new-planetPer request of a friend and business owner, I created another planet! Sky was boring that day, so I replaced that too. What do you think?
If you want to make one like this, follow the instructions in my previous post.
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]]><![CDATA[Bachelorette Party!]]>Tue, 31 May 2016 18:54:52 GMThttps://www.verabarnesphoto.com/blog/bachelorette-party
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]]><![CDATA[Quartz Lake]]>Fri, 13 May 2016 20:06:55 GMThttps://www.verabarnesphoto.com/blog/quartz-lakeFirst backpacking of the season. Two of the four sites in summer conditions this week in Glacier were Quartz Lake and Lower Quartz Lake, so we went out for a short warm up trip. 13 miles we normally do in one day were split up in three.
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]]><![CDATA[Lake McDonald]]>Wed, 23 Mar 2016 04:41:13 GMThttps://www.verabarnesphoto.com/blog/lake-mcdonaldSolitude ...
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]]><![CDATA[You just gotta be a kid sometimes!]]>Sat, 30 Jan 2016 05:05:38 GMThttps://www.verabarnesphoto.com/blog/you-just-gotta-be-a-kid-sometimesSo we built an igloo
And boy, was it fun! I only joined for the final part, but we kept going until dark! some Slivovica from Slovakia warmed us up afterwards
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]]><![CDATA[Fall  in  Glacier]]>Sun, 08 Nov 2015 19:50:53 GMThttps://www.verabarnesphoto.com/blog/fall-in-glacierI'm spending the winter season in Essex again, like last year. This year we moved in earlier and are enjoying fall up here, before we have to start working.
]]><![CDATA[Grant  Ridge  Loop  in  the  Bob  Marshall  Wilderness]]>Sat, 15 Aug 2015 07:13:41 GMThttps://www.verabarnesphoto.com/blog/grant-ridge-loop-in-the-bob-marshall-wildernessThe original plan was backpacking to Harrison Lake for one night, but someone got the last spot before us. We had a first timer with us - Alex from Ukraine, so  Aaron came up with an alternative route. It was the Grant Ridge Loop, with spending the night right on top of the ridge. We were glad to have decided for that area after we watched the big smoke cloud come from behind Mt. Stimson. 
First we were going to get up the next day and climb Great Northern... it looked magical and tempting.
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Great Northern Mountain
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Big and Juicy Huckleberries!
Once we crossed the creek that flows out of Stanton Lake we didn't see a single person. Also - no signs of bears. We had to get all our water lower, since there's nothing at the top. 
As we hiked up, we found a few thimbleberries, but that wasn't what we wanted. So many huckleberry bushes around our trail, just empty or dried up (sun dried huckleberries aren't so bad!). 
Finally as we got to switchbacks right below the top, and there they were, just fields of huckleberries! So big, sweet and juicy...
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Grant Glacier
After we watched the smokey sunset we were wondering if it really was a new fire in the Nyack area. 
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Watching the smokey sunset over Glacier
Our plan to climb Great Northern failed because of those little purple beauties. We had no water left, but still stayed at the top, picking huckleberries for a couple of hours...
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Huckleberry picking
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You don't have to leave the trail to pick...
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Huckleberry picking
A few more photos from the trip...
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