Thousand Island Lake to Agnew Meadows: Day 2

With Star still snug in the tent, I awoke at day break, put on every stitch of clothing possible, and started snapping photos of the sun rising on Thousand Island Lakes as well as Banner Peak and Mt. Ritter. It couldn't have been warmer than the upper 30's with the wind still howling at 30-40 mph. In fact, we thought the tent was going to blow away on us a couple of times during the night.

We had found the best wind break possible for our campsite high above the lake, but at times it didn't seem to matter as the wind ripped through the trees.

This woodchuck came to visit first thing in the morning, and decided to stick around with us until we broke camp and departed. He seemed curious at two Southerners camping in his terrority, or perhaps, he was looking for a handout.

Departing Thousand Island Lakes through the numerous snowfields
leading down to the River Trail.

One of the many large trees we encountered along the trail. We actually saw several larger than this big boy.

Absolutely, the most varied hike we have ever taken. A 19 mile round trip to 10,000 feet through beautiful high meadows, past numerous several hundred foot high waterfalls, across a dozen or more snowfields, and over way too many creek crossings to even count. It was perhaps our best backpacking trip to date, one surely to be etched into our memories forever.