From the Gym to the Mountain

Queens River Eclipse Trip 2017 Day 2

Good morning, trail. Ambrose heading up the first little hill of the morning. Deadfall was the theme of the day.…

I’ve never seen the trail head this crowded – and I’m not even getting all the cars in this shot…

Quite a fungus! Time to walk on the rocky jeep road . I combined a picture focused on the distant…

Getting up before the sun while the moon still shines. But it got bright quickly. Still lots of snow patches…

Heading out from Sheepeater Lake. Much easier to get back to the trail this year compared to last year’s safari.…

Campsite all cleaned up at Chamberlain Airstrip. We’re ready to go. No wrong direction this time; we’re headed straight to…

The bog in the morning. A little water across the trail. The junction! Not far to Lodgepole Creek from here. …

For this trip, we got up at 5:15 in the morning and got ready to go, often leaving our campsite…

Made it to the Big Creek trailhead parking lot. Time to head out. Crossing Smith Creek on the road. The…

I got the side of the tent next to some young trees. Without the mesh keeping them out, the branches…