Well, Thursday I picked the only non-sunny day this week to go hiking, but the weather was comfortable Except when I laid down to rest. Then I got cold and that shouldn’t happen at the end of July. My goal was Island Lake which goes by three other lakes and has side routes to half a dozen more. Here is a picture of Talapus lake, the first in the chain.
Island Lake is at the top of that ridge you see in the back ground. In fact, it is really a hanging valley with a whole lot of lakes, lake lets, bogs, and otherwise squishy
ground. Here is a picture of Talapus lake from Island Lake.
There are a bunch of steps up from one to the other. Between the two, in a little bowl is Ollolie Lake. It has great camp sights and lots of reeds if you are into making baskets.
But once into the hanging valley are a series of bogs, which on a cool day are devoid of mosquitoes. The cool weather is not all bad
And Island Lake, which is named for all of the little islands in it. (Any where else they would be called rocks.)
With in a mile of Island Lake, is Rainbow Lake. You can see the clouds pouring over the ridge to protect my skin from the harsh sun slight. Had there been a little more sun, I might have seen a rainbow over the lake.
And on the way out were some four foot tall mutant lettuce like things that I am attributing to radiation leakage into the air from Hanford in the 1950’s.
Even with the weather, it was a great hike, though a little long. I was down to my last Oreo when I got back to the car.
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