Lots of Lakes

6/30/13
They're looking good. I need a haircut!


Mark got us up at about 7am today. We got going and saw lots of nice lakes. Probably about 20 or so today. There were a lot of good lookouts with great views too. At about 8 miles we got to "A Tree Spring." I guess there used to be a tree that looked like an "A." We couldn't find the tree, but the spring was amazing. Cold, good fresh water. Can't complain about that. Also, we met Hooligan, an Irishman. We decided to push on with the hopes of the creek 4 miles away being nice and big enough for a dip. The climb was hot, but those guys (Pops and Mark) are trail hardened by now and did it with ease, it seemed. We got to a small creek where we met the first sobo (southbound) thru hiker and his dog. He was a chatterbox, but in his defense he probably hasn't seen many people the last 3 months. Very nice guy and a cool dog. The conversation was about 2 hours long. It reminded me of the other sobo hiker I ran into who talked my ear off. We headed down the trail to Nelson Creek, where we set up camp a bit off trail next to the creek. We had a good clean since it was big enough to sit in. Dinner, cards, and some good chit chat, then it's beddy bye time. Great day and very familiar looking forest that I grew up camping in and around. 

Deer Lake, photo by Mark Murray

Upper Salmon Lake, photo by Mark Murray