We wake to another beautiful morning of clear skies and sunshine. Last night John and Anita found Lady Slipper orchids growing behind camp, I took a few pictures this morning.
The goal for today is to make it to Lowell Lake and through the ice bergs from Lowell Glacier to the camp we want; approximate distance is 12 miles. The river has been moving along at 6 to 7 miles an hour so with a little paddling it doesn't take all that long to get to the lake; even with the upstream winds starting up about 10:30 am.
At lunch we seem some small animal tracks that go back and forth across the same dunes behind where we are eating. John thinks the tracks probably belong to a Least Weasel, probably more than one.
The entrance to Lowell Lake is described in the guide book as two miles of class 3 rock garden. Pat called it exactly when he said a lunch that he thought "there would be class 2 lines with class 3 features." Some holes, easily avoided, and some big crashing waves, also easily avoided. Not so bad, so far.
When you come around the corner and see Lowell Glacier and the icebergs in the lake, and three 14,000 foot mountains in the background (Hubbard, Kennedy, and ?). Wow! We are speechless, have stopped paddling, and I'm sure our mouths are hanging open. Then the cameras come out.
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| John in Lowell Lake |
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| Michael helping Anita through the shallows. |
Pat and I lead the way to camp, pushing the smaller icebergs out of the way with our paddles to make room for the raft. The hardest part for everyone is putting down the cameras and paddling, amazing!
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| Michael in front of camp. |
Such beautiful scenery.
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