The benefit to a sleepless night is that it allows you the opportunity to carve out a little more time in the day for yourself. It was still dark when I got up so after walking and feeding the dogs I drove out to the Eagle Creek trailhead to hike out to Punchbowl Falls. I had never been before and was a little distressed to find one other car in the parking lot with all the door open, things strewn everywhere, and the driver-side window smashed. While I know that these placed are often a tempting target for thieves it was almost enough to make me turn around and leave but I didn't. Instead I did what I do when I worry about leaving my car in a theft-prone area; I packed the contents of the glove compartment in my bag and left my empty car unlocked with a small note in the driver-side window noting that it was unlocked. I would rather them rummage through a whole bunch of nothing than break a window.
After cleaning up the car I set off down the trail. It was still quite early and there was some fog nestled along the creek as I hiked in. With the possibility of a break-in on my mind I didn't linger too long, only about half an hour to explore a few vantage points and then I packed back out. Next time it would be nice to take a buddy and a little more time. The Columbia River Gorge is full of these little gems only a short hike off the road, I think I need to make a list so I can make sure I don't miss out on too many more.
Canon 1D X, Canon 24-70/f2.8L Mark II
35mm, f2.8, merged layers of 1.6, 3.2, 6, 13, and 25 sec @ 320 ISO
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