(
click on any photo to enlarge) Wow. Our last day was another great day. We were blessed with great weather and beautiful scenery. It seems as though I have uttered those words every day of this trip. Our route today left the PCT for good and went up and over Phipps Pass.
The Pass was very easy as we are all crazy fit. A couple of thousand feet seemed like a little bump. I wish I could feel this good at the
beginning of a trip! On the cruise down the North side of the Pass, I managed to get a (poor) photo of a Mountain Grouse.
Before we knew it we were cruising along the shores of the Tallant Lakes. These seven jewels are named after the late 1800's Tahoe icon George P. Tallant, guiding light of San Francisco's Crocker Bank and an avid fisherman.
The lakes are also unique in that Mackinaw can still be found in them. Which suggests that one day long ago they swam upstream from Lake Tahoe itself. Pretty cool. Although it seemed like an easy day today. we still did almost 18 miles. The hours just seemed to fly by. We passed Lake Genevieve, the last of the seven lakes and left Desolation Wilderness. I was sad to see it go.
The last five miles of the day I spent with Funk. He and I talked about the great scenery we saw on this trip. We also talked about Christi and T Funk's toughness (as they were a good mile ahead of us). We averaged 18.5 miles a day for the last 10 days. It was simply a lot of work. Everyone on this trip kicked serious ass. That is the only way that this trip was possible. Pure physical willpower. There are days when you've walked uphill for six hours, you're hurting, you smell like ass, you're hungry and you still have two more hours to go. You wanna stop, but somewhere inside you summon up the strength to continue. You get to camp pretty wasted every night only to get up the next day and do it again. This is truly proof that we do stupid stuff voluntarily. At last we reached Meeks Bay and Lake Tahoe. We walked across the main road and into Meeks Bay Campground. There is a great beach here and I wanted to take a swim to complete my trip. There was a couple on the beach that was kind enough to take a 'Finish' photo for us.
What can I say but "WOW"! It was a fantastic trip with no blisters or injuries. What more can you ask for? I'm ready for a couple of beers and some Mexican food!! Cheers.
(click on any photo to enlarge) Wow. Our last day was another great day. We were blessed with great weather and beautiful scenery. It seems as though I have uttered those words every day of this trip. Our route today left the PCT for good and went up and over Phipps Pass.
The Pass was very easy as we are all crazy fit. A couple of thousand feet seemed like a little bump. I wish I could feel this good at the beginning of a trip! On the cruise down the North side of the Pass, I managed to get a (poor) photo of a Mountain Grouse.
Before we knew it we were cruising along the shores of the Tallant Lakes. These seven jewels are named after the late 1800's Tahoe icon George P. Tallant, guiding light of San Francisco's Crocker Bank and an avid fisherman.
The lakes are also unique in that Mackinaw can still be found in them. Which suggests that one day long ago they swam upstream from Lake Tahoe itself. Pretty cool. Although it seemed like an easy day today. we still did almost 18 miles. The hours just seemed to fly by. We passed Lake Genevieve, the last of the seven lakes and left Desolation Wilderness. I was sad to see it go.
The last five miles of the day I spent with Funk. He and I talked about the great scenery we saw on this trip. We also talked about Christi and T Funk's toughness (as they were a good mile ahead of us). We averaged 18.5 miles a day for the last 10 days. It was simply a lot of work. Everyone on this trip kicked serious ass. That is the only way that this trip was possible. Pure physical willpower. There are days when you've walked uphill for six hours, you're hurting, you smell like ass, you're hungry and you still have two more hours to go. You wanna stop, but somewhere inside you summon up the strength to continue. You get to camp pretty wasted every night only to get up the next day and do it again. This is truly proof that we do stupid stuff voluntarily. At last we reached Meeks Bay and Lake Tahoe. We walked across the main road and into Meeks Bay Campground. There is a great beach here and I wanted to take a swim to complete my trip. There was a couple on the beach that was kind enough to take a 'Finish' photo for us.
What can I say but "WOW"! It was a fantastic trip with no blisters or injuries. What more can you ask for? I'm ready for a couple of beers and some Mexican food!! Cheers.
No comments:
Post a Comment