Day 3 Past Marie Lakes trail head 9.856 feet to Reds Meadow
* Note: pictures will be added later.
18 miles
I woke up late after a fitful night's sleep and 3 chapters of hunger games was on trail by 9am.
Started off slow and my feet were hurting from blisters.
Island Pass was uneventful but there were a ton of great campsites. I wish I would have pushed on the previous night.
I spent an hour and a half at Thousand Island Lakes it was amazing. I spent 1 minute here in 2006 and really regretted it.
From Thousand Island Lakes I decided to try the River Trial for something different and I was quite amazed.
The amount of downed trees from a wind storm, called the Devil's Wind Storm in November was saddening it was like a giant picked up the trees like toothpicks and threw them on the ground.
Arrived at Reds Meadow around 8ish. Had to skip dinner to make it, but I knew I would pig out in the morning at the Mule house cafe.
Hung out by fire talking to fellow JMTers: Kyle and David. Pretty funny that we were out in the mountains and talking about Netflix.
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| The John Muir Trail shares 200 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail going from Mexico to Canada |
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| The Ritter Range overlooking Thousand Island Lakes |
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| Trader Joe's Mediterranean Flat bread with Sunflower Seed butter, red pepper and parmesan cheese made for an excellent lunch |
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| The start to the River Trail |
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| The damage to these trees was ugly. It is amazing that trail crews were able to make the trail passable. |
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