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Gee... another day of hiking in some of the most beautiful mountains in the country in perfect, sunny, 80 degree weather. Why ever did I subject myself to this? haha...
After sleeping in a little bit (until 7:00), I did a quick campsite swap (the one I had found the night before was reserved for the second night) and then took off on another 19 mile hike. This hike followed Two Medicine Lake in, then up a valley past No Name Lake for about 7 miles, then quickly ascended to the continental divide (at around 7-8000 feet). The trail then traversed the divide for about 4 miles (This was some of the most beautiful trail I think I've ever been on in terms of views!)
Looking up Two Medicine Lake
Butterfly and Bee
No Name Lake (a popular backpacking destination)
More crazy sedimentary rock up past 7000 feet
Me on the divide over some lake. There were so many of these beautiful, deep blue lakes I can't recall all the names. It was also extremely windy up there (I had to take my hat off or else it would have just up and blown away!)
The wildflowers on this hike were amazing. This looks almost like a garden...
View from the divide
View from an outcropping at about 8000 feet
Another lake.Man. What a good time. By the time I got back from this hike (it only took about 7 hours!), I had done about 45 miles of hiking in the last 45 hours. Making my average hiking speed 1 mph, including sleeping! Not bad... I was certainly pretty tired, although if I had time for a third day there, I would have done more! I went to bed really early that night so I could make it to the McCoys' house the next day in SE Wyoming by early evening.
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