3:44am - I woke up without the aid of my alarm clock, which was set to go off at 4:00am. I got up and we ended up hitting the road at 4:15am. Ryan immediately fell asleep for the next 2 hours while I drove us north to Mammoth.
10:30am - We pulled into Mammoth, picked up a few items (tapping the Rockies, fishing licenses, Lewis & Tolkien accessories). Then we met up with my uncle who drove us to the Mammoth Mountain Visitor Center. After a quick trip back to get the fishing license that Ryan left in his bag, we hopped on a bus and headed off to Agnew Meadows.
We hiked all day, around 7 miles. The skies were clear, the sun was shining, and we were absolutely loving being in the backcountry. We spent a majority of the hours reading scripture, praying, and talking in depth about life, marriage, vocation, theology. It was so good to just walk and talk. It always amazes me how life slows down and opens up when we let it.
At the trail head, ready to go.
Ryan walking down the trail in the first mile
Here is me eating some Gorp
Our first "bump" in the road happened when we couldn't find the turnoff to Garnett Lake. The map clearly showed a trail leading west for .6 miles but we somehow missed it. Instead, we hiked an additional 2.6 miles to Thousand Islands Lake. Though we were very tired by the time we got there it ended up not being that bad because we were going to hike to Thousand Island lake the next day. This just put us a little ahead of schedule and allowed us to relax the next day. Here are a couple pics from the first day.
Kicking it at our camp site...first night.
This was the view from our tent...lakeside real estate.
Here is the lake from above. You can guess why they call it Thousand Island lake.
Making dinner
Ryan enjoying a delicious pizza bagel
What a great first day! We went to bed tired yet relaxed and happy. Oh, how that would dramatically change in only a few short hours. Stay tuned.
1 comment:
DUDE, where's my beer?
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