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Another day with no journal entry. I've figured it out.
When there are people to talk to, journal entries shrink. When I'm alone,
I practically run out of journals. No one around to hear me complain,
I guess. So here are some pictures and some sparse narration. I make up
for the lack of entries here after the ressuply at Vermilion. In spades.
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Morning stillness.
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Becca on the trail.
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Toiling up to Heart Lake.
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I'm ahead o' you.
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Today was good. We left camp about 9:15
AM. We found a pair of shorts that had been left by the lake. They looked
decent so I packed them to take back to Chase. It took about an hour to
get past Heart Lake and to the top of Selden Pass.
While we relaxed there, an elderly couple
crested the pass from the other side followed by another older woman coaxing
a dirty miniature poodle along! What troopers! We relaxed at the top,
then headed down to Marie Lake and Rosemarie Meadow.
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Looking north from Selden Pass
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Looking South from Selden Pass
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We pretend it's easy but it isn't really
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It's (almost) all downhill from here
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Becca
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We had lunch at the 1st Bear Creek Crossing. At the 2nd
crossing, Sean crossed on rocks, Will went downstream and crossed on rocks,
and Becca tried to cross on the rocks and lost her balance and fell in
the river, completely soaking her shirt and shorts. She was okay and tried
to reassure me from the other side. But I finished changing into my Tevas
and waded across. After all, that was precisely why I had brought them
along. Shortly after a log crossing of Hilgard Creek, we made camp about
3:00. Close by was Bear Creek with lovely rockslabs to wash and relax
on. My toes hurt a bit today but the downhill wasn't harsh. Tomorrow we
have Bear Ridge, then Vermilion!!
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Will, Becca and Sean on the banks of Marie Lake
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Looing back at distant Selden Pass
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Much later. Bear Creek. Looking upstream.
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One of the nicer trailside soaks we had on the trip
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A sun-dappled campsite.
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| 7:05 PM Just finished
dinner of corn pasta with salami and gruyere AND couscous with curry. Yum.
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