VVR - Duck Lake Trail 7/5/10 19.2 miles

Big day. Had a great night last night and a good breakfast this morning, biscuits and gravy, huge breakfast burrito, pancakes and hashbrowns. It almost made me crippled and unable to walk, but it was worth it. Got our ferry ride back across the lake and took a break before we started walking to try and let our food settle. Got to waking with our heavy resupplied packs and had a pretty huge climb to Silver Pass. Got to the top and had actually passed everyone else. Got down to the next lake and had lunch at about 3pm and watched everyone else come down off the mountain. WE had decided we were going to walk as long as we could to try to get to Mammoth the next day. Continued walking til we got to Lake VA and watched the sunset. Only 9 more miles to go! Ha! Abby Normal walked up and walked with us in the dark, talking about his and our lives both real, and nonthe trail. We hit some snow at about 9:45pm. It's less fun at night. We took our time and make it to a creek crossing at 10:30pm. Abby was tired and we decided we had done enough as well. We set up camp and planned to hit the trail early in the morning. VVR was awesome, but wer are really looking forward to a real town. -CM