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.