A typical day on the trail

 

starts before sunrise.  Pat and Laura would be up making breakfast

while the rest of us were breaking camp and packing our equipment to be put on the mules

 

and filtering water for the day’s hike.

We started hiking

but at some point we would stop at a lake to cool down with a swim

 

or at least soak our feet.

Pat and Laura would make us a lunch

Some time during the day we would head up hill. 

there was always more up  hill.

One day coming out of Tully’s hole

it was really steep

but there was usually a breeze and the views were always great and eventually, we would reach the top of a pass

or a ridge

where we could look a head to where we would be that evening.

We would begin the hike down

to another beautiful campsite.

and get ready to start the whole cycle over the next day.