This entry is all verbatim from my trail journal:
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| Calm and peaceful morning on Rosalie Lake |
"Felt like an easy day today apart from my feet hurting from the downhill, as usual. Met up with the Crew and The Jackies about an hour before Devil's Postpile and hiked and hung out with them the rest of the day. Good people, glad we met them. We checked out Devil's Postpile for a bit, which was neat! Columnar Basalt that looks like hexagon tiles! Cool! Then went the short half mile or so to Red's for burgers and milkshakes! We were all so excited for real food! And salad! And pie!
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| Devil's Postpile National Monument, columnar basalt |
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| Top view, hexagonal tiles |
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| The Crew! |
We got our resupply buckets and then chilled in the sitting area outside the store for several hours: chatting and beers. We headed to the backpacker's camp which was about a half mile away and set up camp. Daveed insisted on being our Sherpa and carried both our resupply buckets and his full pack. Something he regretted when we started up the short uphill section towards camp... :)
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| Daveed Sherpa |
Met a lot of other JMTers at camp. The 3 Amigos/Oakland Boys rolled in later in the eve- with a plastic paddle sticking out of one of their packs!! Apparently they had acquired a blow up raft and paddle at Thousand Island Lake while taking a rest day there! We all hung out at the picnic table and had fun teasing the 3 Amigos about all the other heavy and bulky items they had: a large solar powered boombox, backpacking guitar, a heavy 1973 thermarest sleeping pad that leaked, etc etc.
Really looking forward to a shower and laundry tomorrow! Relaxing, napping and eating and water also sound lovely.
The trail has been great, I feel so lucky to be here. I'm so thankful. The beauty of the Sierras just gets better and better every day. I'm having lots of fun being with Daveed every day. Our bodies are holding up well, our legs are so strong! It's just our feet that hurt every day. My big toes and balls of my feet are still numb every time I take my boots off..."
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| Red's Meadow camp, elevation 7,700 feet |
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