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| Dollar Lake |
almost Twin Lakes to Dollar Lake 10242ft elevation.
Today we traveled: 9.85miles. 1965ft elevation gain 2877ft elevation loss.
JMT mile marker: 173mile.
We are siting at our camp by the lake waiting on our food to cook and hoping it will be before the next rain start. We got to camp just in time to set tent and get into it. It was around 3:30pm and it started hailing! Thunder and lightning soon to follow. Boy was that loud and scary.
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| Drying our clothes between rain showers |
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| Our tent |
The day started pretty warm - I drank coffee in my sandals in the sun and did a bit of laundry - just my handkerchief and my “pee rag” as Bob calls it. The shortage of TP means I can’t blow my nose into a tissue so the bandana / handkerchief comes handy. I’m turning wild.
We started hiking around 9pm - late for us but the weather was so nice we took our time.
We got a good night sleep even tho my mattress is leaking yet again (for the third time!!) and I thought I was good and healthy but shortly after we started hiking, I start sneezing - maybe 60 times in a row, my eyes were watery and my nose running. I was not having fun. Starting to think maybe it’s an allergic reaction to some plants or something and I took antihistamine from the first aid kit. That thing, the kit, really been working hard for us. I want to say that helped and I was fine but that wouldn’t be truth. I still felt like shit and was now sneezing, having running nose and also got an itch in both my nose and my throat, lucky me. We stoped by the suspended bridge - was pretty cool bridge and ate breakfast. In the shade, rested, I felt better.
That was the end of the downhill from Pinchot, and now we start the climb to Glenn Pass. The hike was an up and down type of trail and we were now in the shade provided by the clouds, and on a good pace, even passing a few backpackers. Made me think how well we would be doing if we weren’t sick. The cloud cover turned into light rain, and the sky turned dark. It was time to find our camp for the night. Yifat
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| Overall it was a very pretty day I sneezed my way thru |
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| Lots of waterfalls and clear creeks |
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| The colors on the mountains were mesmerizing |
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| Very pretty |
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