We had Carbs take our photo.
We hit the road just before 8:00. I was impressed as I figured it would be at least 8:30. For being bikepacking newbies, Katie and Geraldine got ready pretty quickly. There were a couple of adjustments once we got going, but not much.
And we’re off!
I struggled with coughing, and I made sure to use my buff a lot of the time. The mornings are still always the worst.
Our first side trip was to Natural Bridges.
We did a good chunk of trail around the main bridges.
Another bridge.
Such a cool area!
And there were even some ripe huckleberries!
They were delicious!
Not far down the road was our second feature…the Gular Ice Cave. Last time Makaela and I were here, there was no ice. This time there definitely was ice!
Well…we had lights.
Old snow at the entrance.
Geraldine.
Ice ice baby!
Geraldine went the furthest.
Ice ribbon.
Coming back out.
We ate some lunch, then continued on our way. We stopped at Peterson Prairie and spied this.
We drank a bunch and refilled our bottles. It was quite hot out.
We had a 2 mile climb up toward the berry fields. This is where there is the handshake agreement that the right side of the road huckleberries are reserved for the Native Tribes. Now we were up to 4000+ feet. The huckleberries are not even close to ripe yet.
Good view of Mt Adams.
Me, Wanda, and the mountain.
In the berry fields area.
We made it to the turnoff to Surprise Lakes (almost missed it as there was no sign, except on my Garmin). It took awhile for us to find a good spot, but we did.
We are actually above the lake pictured below. It was way too buggy by the water.
We did 29 miles of the route today. Geraldine and Katie agreed it was not easy. The route wasn’t bad, but the heat made it seem harder.
I found a kickstand for Wanda!
Funky kitchen structure not far from camp. We almost considered camping there.
We’ve all been bitten by the ever present mosquitoes. We all finally gave up and dove into our tents at 8:00. Tomorrow we will finish the loop.
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