Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Hanson Lake Hike

Here we are all bright eyed and bushy tailed at 7:45 in the morning. Little did we know what lies ahead of us.

After a mere 4.6 miles, 6 hours and 1200 ft elevation later, here was the result. Not even enough energy to unpack a tarp to lay on.

After a good nights rest we were ready to conquer again. Here we are near the middle lake overlooking the valley with Stanley Lake in the background.

Later that day we are above the middle lake with McGowan Peak in the background.

Same place here is Mr Photographer. Notice the beautiful blue of the lake below.

Next day here we are on our trip to the southern lakes. The peak behind doesn't have a name but the elevation is 9085.

Time to check in at home. Amazing how much electronics we had to drag along to have what we needed for the trip. Camera, GPS, Battery Charger, Sat Phone, etc.

Here is the standard outfit for the day hikes. Hiking poles are a MUST!

We even had visitors in our camp one night. Didn't seem to have any problem with us being around.

And here is our camp fire on our last night. We had a few aches and pains, but had a wonderful time.