Agnew Meadows - Lyle Creek 7/9/10 16 miles

Got up kind of late. Fought mosquitoes for breakfast and got started about 8:45. had a pretty good climb in the morning, but the view front he top was great. I felt pretty good walking, but my stomach was a little sore from the night before. The next section was really pretty grassy and flat along the side of the ridge. We took a break at Thousand Island Lake, which Kristi said was one of her favorites. IT had a beautiful back drop of some huge peaks. Island pass was a piece of cake. We met an older man doing the JMT who was having a great time and was really excited to see us. HE talk us his real name, but said that from now on, he was going to be "Oh Nature." He continued on down the mountain pass. Davis Lakes Trail and we took lunch on a long about 2pm. WE still had a ways to go. We passed many people today, which was nice for a change. This a popular section of the trail between Yosemite and Mammoth. We asked about Donahue pass and they all agreed that it was pretty snowy and half of them said they couldn't believe we were going across so late. WE got to the top around 6pm. It was one of the easiest climbs/passes we had had. They have no clue what they have in store for them to the south. WE came down off the pass and skipped some switchbacks covered in snow and went straight down. We had a couple of creek crossings that got our feet nice and cold. We're camped on a nice grassy spot that looked like a golf course when we walked with the sun setting on it. Had a good dinner of couscous and stove top stuffing. Chocolate Bandito walked up. We hadn't seen her for almost 200 miles. Cold night, but we have a beautiful river walk ahead of us tomorrow. PS-Kristi's pack is working like a dream and she couldn't be happier. -CM