Lake Harriet - Sardine Creek 7/14/10 18 miles

Rose with little shine around 6:15am. Had cold oatmeal due to fear of not having sufficient fuel for dinner. Yum. It was chilly out and we were both a little more tired than usual, as a result of our long day yesterday. I talked Chris into going back to sleep for a while. :) WE slept in until about 8ish, and rose again, with plenty of shine this time and mosquitoes to accompany it. We rushed and prepared with Deet to get into the trail. The morning was a chill walk with plenty of shade from the trees in the forest and lots of colorful wildflowers distributed throughout. WE had lunch, tuna wraps with Ranch dressing (thanks Ann), Ramen and trail mix. Rick and Julie stopped by and chatted with us for a few minutes. WE joked about yesterday evening's mudwalk and complained about flying, blood sucking vampires. WE then began our final 11ish miles with hopes of semi-relaxing finale before our departure to Bridgeport for resupply tomorrow. IT was a gorgeous walk with snowy, rigid mountain views on one side and desertous mountain miles on the other. Of course, as always, we hit snow as we came upon the back side of the peaks at 10,600ft. The trail kept surprising us as it dipped down and then kept gaining elevation. Finally, we made it to camp. Town tomorrow!! Looking forward to a good shower, talking to some people I've been missing and a bed! -KB