skysworldadventures

We got up on day 2 of our trip to a beautiful sunrise. The sun first hitting the peak. The whole ridge turning orange.   After breakfast we decided to go for a bit of a day hike.  Jeff had read that there was a way to make a big loop.  Part of the loop was trail and part was not.  We thought we'd give it a go.  We followed the chain of lakes and the stream that connected them up several hundred feet. Stream. Another lake. Th water in these high mountain lakes was so clear that you could see the fish.  Jeff thought it was pretty funny that I was trying to take pictures of the fish in the water. Apparently the stock these lakes with fish.  How weird is that? Fish. Yet another lake! We hiked up a really steep pass called "Windy Devil Pass" to get up and over the ridge.  The view was spectacular.  We could see 3 lakes from the top. Jeff and I at the top of Windy Devil Pass View from Windy Devil Pass ...

I know, not as exotic or exciting as SE Asia, but it was a great trip.  Jeff and I headed out after work on Friday and drove up to Challis.  It gave us one last chance for a bed and a shower before the trip. As we were driving in the smoke was terrible.  Jeff was joking that we were driving in to Mordor.  Challis a small town that it appears no one has ever heard of and stayed at a small hotel for $45 for the night.  We found a great little breakfast place on our way out of town and then drove another hour to the trail head.  The smoke on the drive up to Challis. At the start of our hike up the Little Boulder Creek trail it looks like Arizona or southern Utah.  Lots of rocks and sagebrush.  You can't see the mountains hiding in the middle of the hills.  With that being said there was a lot of up.  It's been a while since I've gone backpacking, the first mile was rough.  After that I seemed to get warmed u...