Another trip with pictures

I know it has been a while since I posted to this blog but nothing significant was happening.  I ended my travels in my camper and have been home just catching up on things.
I just got back from a hiking trip on the John Muir Trail (August 12 - 22) and now have some great pictures to share.
Our trip started in Reds Meadow which is near Devils Postpile National Monument just west of Mammoth, Ca.  This right on the John Muir Trail and we ended up at Tuolume Meadow in the high country of Yosemite National park.  We covered about 90 miles in nine days of hiking and crossed three passes (Island Pass - elevation 10,206` /  Donohue Pass - elevation 11,056` / Cathedral Pass - 9,700`) . 
I know, show me the pictures.......

Above are three pictures of Rosalie Lake on our second day as we headed towards Garnet  Lake .

      Garnet Lake (elevation 9,678`) with Banner Peak (elev. 12,936 at right) and Mt. Ritter (elev. 13,143` on the left) at the west end of the lake.  Yes, that is snow and a lot of it at the base of the mountains.

                                                                        

This is Ruby Lake (elev. 9,980`) that we passed while still on day two.

Renee, our cook, hard at work in her "kitchen" that had to be disasembled / transported and reassembled every day we moved to a new camp.  She was amazing at preparing us breakfast and dinner every day. 

I had to get into the picture - here at Thousand Island Lake (elev. 9,833`).  This is just below our camp for the second and third nights.  We had a layover day on which we hiked over to an overlook of Gem Lake -just for something to do.

Due to the abundance of water and the fact that our trip this year was earlier, there were a lot of wild flowers.  Above are just a few.

An early morning look at the outflow area of Thousand Island Lake before the wind came up.  Below is Banner Peak dominating the skyline as reflected in a small unnamed pond on our hike over Island Pass.  This is on day four of our hiked north on the way to Lyell Canyon.

A view from near the top of Donohue Pass looking back to the valley we had crossed.  There is a body of water in the middle of this picture that is easily 200` long.  It is hard to imagine how big this valley is but  something the size of a large school buss would barely be visible by the water (center of shot).

Here we stopped for lunch at the top of Donohue Pass (elev. 11,056`) and to enjoy the view.  We tucked in behind the granite boulders to avoid the cold wind.  Note the large patch of snow in the background.

I will continue with more tommorow!