my hiking partner, Erica, and I went the distance to 1,000 Island Lake. 7 miles there and 9 miles back (River Trail and back on the JMT for those of you familiar with the area). Great day, beautiful weather and a great friend to hike with!
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| Thousand Island Lake with Banner & Ritter Mts. to the left |
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| Foot Soak! |
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| Sunbathers...in the middle of the picture on the rock, see em? |
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| Dragon Fly |
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| This water was soooo blue/green! |
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| Garnet Lake |
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| Still many wild flowers about and it's mid-September! |
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| We saw some men staring into a pond and they pointed these miracles of evolution out to us! |
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| These are marked in the trees for "Inyo". They were put there (some of them older) as part of the JMT (John Muir Trail) |
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| Shadow Lake |
Gorgeous pictures, as usual, Stacie! Thanks for sharing more of a part of the world I miss very much!
ReplyDeletelovely... the sierra's have a bit of magic attached to them for sure!
ReplyDeleteps - so glad you mentioned evolution ... Darwin would be proud...
ReplyDeleteI want to be there...Thank you for taking me on this wonderful journey of hiking that you so passionate about. Love You, Me
ReplyDeleteStacie, Let your mom know if you get this comment.
ReplyDeleteSo cool. So pretty!
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