On the trail Again

Post date: Jan 4, 2016 11:02:24 PM

No, we're not hiking now. But we wish we were. In fact, we're making plans for where and when we are going to hike this summer: Yosemite, SEKI, Death Valley...and more. But we can't do that now, all we can do is plan.

So instead, we are working our way through our photos and pulling out our favorites of one or the other of us on the trail, hiking along.

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There were parts of the trail that went through the burned section...but the forest was full of flowers. Quite beautiful.©backpackthesierra.com
M at a rest stop...with great trees around us.©http://backpackthesierra.com

M hiking the PCT near Ebbetts Pass Hiking up Illilouette Canyon John Muir Wilderness

Me admiring hardier specimens.©backpackthesierra.com
M stepping along smartly--maybe because she knows she is going to eat soon?©backpackthesierra.com
M, trying out the raincover for her pack...and her rain jacket. There was a lot of fire damage along this trail.©http://backpackthesierra.com

Scoping out the route to Ottoway Lakes Groundhog Meadow, Emigrant Wilderness Hetch-hetchy, Yosemite

The old man of the mountains.©http://backpackthesierra.com
M--being welcomed to Showers Lake©http://backpackthesierra.com
M walking in my footsteps. We've made it across (only knee deep, but FREEZING!) and now we're wandering in the wild meadow. No trail to be seen.©http://backpackthesierra.com

North Dome, Yosemite Meiss Meadows, Carson Pass Hoover Wilderness

M and the granite.©http://backpackthesierra.com
M in front of granite.©http://backpackthesierra.com
M afraid to look up, for fear it will show that there is more climbing to do!©http://backpackthesierra.com

Cherry Canyon, Emigrant Wilderness Kerrick Canyon, Yosemite Louse Canyon, Emigrant Wilderness

The sun breaking through...snow falling, and steam rising!©http://backpackthesierra.com
Back on solid, or not so solid, snow.©http://backpackthesierra.com
M easing down on of the ledges...but staying clear of that manzanita, which is impenetrable. ©http://backpackthesierra.com

Hetch-hetchy, Yosemite Mono Creek, John Muir Lake Vernon, Yosemite

M enjoying the view©http://backpackthesierra.com
M& P at Tuolumne Pass in Yosemite  ©http://backpackthesierra.com
M ready to hit the trail on day five. Six miles, all downhill.©http://backpackthesierra.com

Isberg Pass, Yosemite Tuolumne Pass, Yosemite Clark Lakes, Ansel Adams Wilderness

M finally gave up and made the smart decision to wade the rest of the way. By this point she discovered her camp/water shoes were no longer attached to her pack.
still there  ©http://backpackthesierra.com
OK--we're at the top---it's all downhill from here.  We just hope the weather doesn't collapse completely   ©http://backpackthesierra.com

Hyatt Lake, Emigrant Wilderness Goethe Lake, Humphrey's Basin Mono Pass, John Muir Wilderness