Sunday, August 24, 2014

Burnt Lake with Dad**

 Day 1:  Burnt Lake Trailhead.   3.5 miles.  Start: 2:30 p.m.  Arrive:  6 p.m.  This year, they carried their packs the whole way.   Admittedly, they were lighter without their toothbrushes or toothpaste.



 Base camp.
 Burnt Lake.   Pure joy.

 Day 2:  Day hikes to Mt. "Loop Loop" and Cast Lake.

 Ascending Mt. L-L.


 Casting some rocks at appropriately named lake.
 "Don't let the crawdad's bite your toes!"   They prefer pepperoni stick, anyway.

 Huckleberries were in season.

 Talmage dubbed this creation Wolf Rock.


After a long day hiking, the intrepid hikers relax with popchips and some crazy rounds of Crazy 8's.

 Mountain House never tasted so good.  Briton surprised them with the Space Ice Cream - which was a hit.




 The watering hole.
 Day 3:  Back to the car.



Super fun backpacking trip, they said.
 Up close ...
... and far away ....  See you next time.

(**This post may be expounded upon, at a future date, by a primary witness to photographed events).

1 comment:

hkartch said...

Great pics with very photogenic subject matter.
PS, where is the pic of Briton's pack?