All our preparations outfitting our kayaks bore fruit when we finally arrive at Caddo Lake. We got up early and were on the water at dawn but were greeted to an overcast sky. We were still excited as this was our first day on the lake. As the explorations continued the clouds suddenly departed and everything was magically beautiful.
Thick clouds had shown up and the winds had picked up when I arrived at Dolly Sods. The clouds were low and thick enough that it seemed certain that there would not be any interesting light happening. I was in the process of packing up and heading back to my truck when some amazing light started to happen. Then it was a mad scramble to find some interesting foregrounds of which there was no shortage.
Perched on the precipice of the Eastern Continental Divide and high on the edge of the Allegheny Plateau sits the Bear Rocks Preserve. The wind-swept landscape with unpredictable and often severe weather lived up to its reputation when I visited. Thick clouds suddenly rolled in and the winds picked up easily to 50 mph.
