I originally conceived of this blog as more of a website. Presently, it’s a little bit of both. When I started I had no concept of what a blog was as I had never followed one before. While I do something to add content almost daily, I can go weeks without publishing a post. Most of the time and effort I spend creating content is to be found on pages that don’t show up in news feeds and don’t have the ability to be tagged. My current ratio is roughly one post for every six pages I create.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about that ratio. At its core, this endeavor is about sharing my enthusiasm for hiking in Angeles Forest and hopefully inspiring and helping others to go there too. In order to reach more people and emphasize better what can be found on the pages of this site, it is clear I need to post more. At the same time, I’ve fallen way behind in updating key features I feel are central to how I want my site to work.
The gallery feature that I originally felt would be an important component of this site has gone neglected for far too long. This feature gives one the option to visually search for hikes by looking through galleries of photos that link to information about hiking to where the photo was taken. In part inspired by the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge, I’ve decided to implement my own Weekly Gallery Update, where I publish a post of a few photos that I’ve added to one of my galleries. This will help keep me on track updating my galleries, generate a post that alerts others of the new photos that were added, and introduce new readers to this visual approach to navigate my site.
This week I’ve added five photos to the Trails Gallery. All photos in this gallery have a portion of trail depicted in them. For me, these are places I really enjoyed the experience of walking through.
May 2012
Above view from the Devil’s Backbone Trail.
October 2011
Above view from the Dawson Saddle Trail.
August 2011
Above view from the Icehouse Canyon Trail.
November 2011
Above view from the Pacific Crest Trail.
April 2012
Above view from the Mt. Waterman Summit Trail
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Good idea Kyle. The trail photos tell me a lot and urge me to look further.
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Thanks Howard
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Awesome!!! l want to do something similar for my blog! maybe a random selection for things to do.
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Thanks and I look forward to seeing what you do on your blog.
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Sure you want more people going there? That’s kind of admirable. I’d almost wanna’ keep it a secret. Like that first pic the best, walking on the ridge.
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The first pic is possible my favorite spot in the forest.
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The devil’s backbone is stunning! especially on the way down. I have done it twice up and down and for some strange reason, descending view is more scenic. It’s a great spot to take picture and there’s this hanging rock off to the side that you can literally sit on the edge. awesome!
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I think it is more scenic on the way down because there is nothing really blocking your view. As you head down from Mt. Baldy, Mt. Harwood is lower and you can see over it. On the way up Mt. Harwood blocks your view of Mt. Baldy and then when you get by Mt. Harwood, you can’t see over Mt. Baldy.
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that makes a lot of sense. thanks for pointing that out!
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Beautiful
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I like the idea! Looking forward to seeing more photos… that’s a great one of the Backbone trail!
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Thanks Katharine. That spot on Devil’s Backbone may be my favorite in the forest.
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