Today was a day of lakes: Emerald, Ruby, Garnet, Shadow and Rosalie!
We got a very late start today, we slept in a bit knowing we only had about 6 miles to go. The storms cleared up and we woke to a beautiful morning.
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| Clear and calm |
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| Clear blue bird skies! |
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| Another beautiful view of Thousand Island Lake from the north shore |
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| Not a bad spot to sit and wait for Daveed |
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| Emerald Lake |
We cruised to Garnet lake and had lunch. Garnet was so beautiful!! It was kind of a smaller version of Thousand Island Lake with amazing front and center views of Banner and Ritter peaks! Garnet Lake would go down as one of my favorite lunch spots on the entire trail!
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| Garnet Lake |
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| One of my favorite lunch spots on all of the trail! |
The Jackies also happened to stop at Garnet for lunch! Jackie Ray went to filter water and dropped one of her bottles in the lake. Daveed jumped in after it and got it for her :) He said he was looking for an excuse to jump in and rinse off anyways! Here is a video of his chilly swim!
http://youtu.be/ZCtBjNmaTDQ
It was hard to leave Garnet but alas, we had to carry on. I had a really hard time with the long 1000 feet of downhill to Shadow Lake. My feet were killing me and we were both dragging. When we finally got to Shadow Lake we were rewarded with a beautiful view of the clear, green lake!
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| Shadow Creek |
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| The brightly colored Shadow Lake |
We hoofed it straight up the switchbacks from Shadow to Rosalie Lake with no real issue. I just needed one short fruit snack break and before I knew it we were at the top!
When we arrived at Rosalie, Amelia and her crew and The Jackies were there. They had all just enjoyed a nice swim in the lake and were getting ready to make some din. We hung out with them at the lake while we filtered water and did some laundry.
We camped near a couple of really nice older gentlemen. One of them had all the "gadgets". He showed us his tiny, battery powered air pump. It blew up his sleeping pad in like a minute! I think he said it only weighed 3 ounces! He also had a Feathered Friends sleeping bag. We drooled over it as it's super duper lightweight, but also super duper expensive. And it packs down to be really small. The gentlemen had fun gawking at how many calories Daveed was trying to take in every day.
From my trail journal: Red's Meadow tomorrow for our first resupply. Really looking forward to a rest day and a shower! And laundry too, my shirt smells terrible. Lots of really pretty views today! It's so beautiful out here!
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| Camp at Rosalie Lake, elevation 9,352 feet |
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