It was the last day of our trip and we spent the morning packing up and removing all traces of our presence from the campsite. We hit the trail around 10 am and it was already hot. The hike back was remarkably different than the hike in had been. Two days ago rain had left… Read More Camp Lake #2 (Day 158)
I woke this morning to brilliant blue skies. We’d arrived at Bear Lake not long after our magical swim yesterday and though it was too late and cold for another swim by the time we’d set up our tents, I was awe-struck by the clear deep lake that awaited us. We began eyeing the water… Read More Bear (Bare) Lake, Emigrant Wilderness (Day 157)
Today was the first of a three-day backpacking trip with my swim buddies—Angie, Arwen, and Sheila—and our families. I had booked a permit for Desolation Wilderness last fall, a place Kevin, Eliza, Hazel, and I backpacked a couple of years ago. We had such a spectacular trip that I came home and booked it again… Read More Camp Lake, Emigrant Wilderness (Day 156)