Day 63 Miles: 26 To Red’s Meadow Over silver pass The big passes, as I like to think of them, are all over, but the little ones remain. (Only 10,000 feet? Not impressed.) So up and over Silver pass. It may not be a big pass, but I’m feeling tired nonetheless. Always tired. Silver Lake,…

Day 62 Miles: 18 Over Selden Pass to the perfect campsite Can’t break the streak of late-starts. We had camped close by our friends Purple and Carnivore, early risers, and we hoped that they’d have a good influence on us… but we wake up to full sun and no sign of them. They must have…

Day 61 Miles: 19 From evolution lake to a creek, before Selden Pass Our morning matches our evening – leisurely. Once we start back up, our mini lake vacation is over. Well, sort of. We make it from one side of Evolution Lake to the other, then stop again. J needs to go swimming, and…

Day 60 Miles: 14 From just past grouse meadow to evolution lake Muir Pass We’re all hurting this morning, but Teal is in bad shape. “I just don’t think I should be in this much pain after taking four ibuprofen.”   “Probably not, Teal.” Teal decides to bail and get to a doctor. The quickest…

Day. 59 Miles: 21 From lake Marjorie to past grouse meadow Mather pass We didn’t put up our net tent last night, and the mosquitoes finally chase us out of bed. The swarms are getting thicker every day. We drop quickly below timberline for a lovely, morning, forest walk. We fall in with Tasty and…

Morning at Rae Lakes “A bit more squirrelly than it looks!” Says J. Switchbacks up to Pinchot Pass