Full Moon
Hot, Sunny Days
Warm Nights (but a bit of a brisk wind at time)
Stunning ridge views and sparkling lakes
The best of Desolation Wilderness backpacking in the fall.
We did a loop from Echo Lake to Lake of the Woods to Gilmore Lake to Upper Velma Lake (via Dick's Pass) to Clyde Lake (up Rockbound Valley) to Tamarack Lake (over Mosquito Pass) back to Echo Lake. While some of it was a repeat for Alan -- for me it was all new and stunning and I totally loved it. (Except for that blister on my little toe.)
I think it was a Wulzen 50 miler (and I did a service project of dismantling an illegal campsite and carrying out an abandoned line used to hang food in a tree.) (Note: a Wulzen 50 is an "almost" 50 miler backpacking trip in BSA speak).
Now in South Shore...we have had lunch, doing the internet thing, and then we will do Safeway, and an ice cream stop. To Fallen Leaf Lake campground for tonight and then on to Wright's Lake....
Wow...it has been an incredible end of our summer living out of our car. I'll summarize soon. As soon as I get some photos posted.
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| Looking BACK at Echo Lake trailhead--see you again in 6 days |
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| Night 1 at Lake of the Woods |
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| Lake of the Woods |
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| Still Looking Clean & Eager -- up the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail) we go!! |
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| Look at those Rocks |
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| Along a pond...no name known |
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| Heather Lake |
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| Heather Lake |
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| Susie Lake was a Lunch stop |
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| View from camp spot at Gilmore Lake. Coyotes howled with the wind at night! |
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| Peaks in every direction |
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| After 3 miles of UP on Dick's Pass: View south: Dick's Lake and Fontenailles. |
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| Sitting at Dick's Lake LOOKING UP at the Pass. Glad I'm over that one. |
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| Man with a View |
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| Lunch Spot |
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| Upper Velma Lake -- night 3 |
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| Running creek provided a great spot for a cold water bath! |
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| Morning Reflection in Velma Lake |
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| Upper Velma Lake |
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| Happer Camper...making breakfast |
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| Clyde Lake -- our favorite spot. |
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| Night 4: Clyde Lake. Our longest hardest day up Rockbound Valley. (plus a 2 mile wrong turn....) |
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| Thanks Bryan for the warm wooly hat. I wasn't cold at all!! |
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| Aloha Lake from Mosquito Pass. The Lake is down about 15 feet! |
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| This should be all water & a few rocks...end of season lake level |
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| Night 5: Tamarack Lake from the trail. |
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| We had sucked our water bladders dry (hot sunny day) so first job: make water. Then bathe! |
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| Alan made it up for our last sunrise. |
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