The first weekend of June we made the trek up the infamous
Horseshoe Meadow Road (at night) - a drive that you either love or hate
depending on your level of vertigo. I found an empty area of the
wooded
trail head parking lot and killed the
engine of the truck.
It was 11:30pm, cold, quiet,
and a beautiful clear summer night. Stars
everywhere. Those first breaths of chilly mountain air
are one life's simple pleasures. We got
our head lamps and started to
re-arranged the back of the truck for some sleep before
the next mornings 5 mile push up to the lakes.
Round 1:30 AM we awoke to the bumbling of our friends
Dick and Chuck arriving from the lowlands. They
eventually got settled in under the moonlit night a few
parking spots over.
The next morning the four of us caught up over breakfast
and coffee while engaging in the traditional task of
packing and repacking all our stuff "just so" into
our packs. The excitement of starting a
new trip was thick - its a great feeling.
Elevation info: The parking lot is around
10,000ft. The lowest of the 5 lakes is at 11,000 ft.
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