Echo Lake - Camper Flats 7/23/10 17 miles

woke up early. We camped on a hill, just above the general store, so we stashed our packs and headed down to get some muffins, ice cream, fruit, Cheetos and a quart of milk for breakfast. The walk around Echo lake was beautiful! Lots of vacation cabins to look at. They were rustic and I loved it. We climbed up to Aloha Lake and ran into Kiwi, Low, Meander and Bacon along the way. We all stopped and had lunch together and enjoyed the lake. We headed out. My water bladder sprang a leak. Boo. We continued on around more lakes and headed up to Dick's Pass. Thunder rolled behind us so we high tailed it up the climb and made it across the ridge. We took a break at the top. The thunder was further off than we though. Kiwi stopped by and talked and then we headed down to our camp. There weren't many options. The mosquitoes were awful, but we jumped in the tent and listened to music while we cooked dinner. Seventeen miles and a late start. It was a good relaxing day. -CM