Lake Blanche

This weekend Jason was out of town backpacking with the boys, so I decided to have a girls weekend. I called up one of my best friends from college, and she came down on Friday to hang out. We ate at Bombay House and then came home and chit chatted into the evening. We finally had to call it a night so that we would have some energy for our early morning hike the next day.

We woke up at 6:30 in the morning so we could beat the heat as the Lake Blanche trail is heavily exposed to the sun for most of the day. I'm so glad we woke up as early as we did! We were cool on the way up, which is a mighty steep trail. It was well worth the effort. Look how gorgeous this place is:

I can't wait to do this hike again someday!  It was beautiful and a killer workout.  One day it would be fun to backpack in and stay the night.

Backpacking in the Uintas

Jason has been wanting to take me on a backpacking trip since last year after he spent a few days in the Wind Rivers Range up in Wyoming. We finally had a weekend available where it would work out for us, so we packed up our bags and headed up towards Kamas. We decided that the Twin Lakes region up by Wall Lake would be our best bet for a beginner trail. However, upon reaching Twin Lakes and running into dozens of noisy boy scouts we reevaluated our plan and hiked a couple more miles up to Ibantik Lake. It was well worth the extra miles and elevation gain! We found a small lake with no one near by and settled in for the evening. The next morning we hiked around some more exploring the area before we headed back up the trail to home. I definitely can't wait to go again!