Top Raman for lunch (never tasted soooo good) and a really nice warm solar shower, in the buff, in the middle of the forest, followed by a really nice peaceful nap. Dinner was my favorite camp dinner, spaghetti. You always get tons to eat with spaghetti because you ALWAYS fix more than everyone can eat! Camping just under 10,000, feet we were able to enjoy campfires each night. Next, we were sitting around sharing fishing and camping stories, and plenty there were since the Schemenauer's and O'denings have been having outings together for many years. Off to bed to be rudely awakened by the thud of one of our stuff sacks hitting the ground and Tim yelling," BEAR!" We were very slow. By the time we bolted out of our tents, the bear had drug the stuffed sack off, oh well! The black bear that inhabit the Sierra Nevada are easily scared off, IF YOU CAN HEAR THEM, they are REALLY sneaky and good at their jobs and most often are very successful at their "food hunting antics!" The great thing about the favorite campsite at this lake is that you can have open fires. There is a great fire ring and plenty of dead wood to burn. Another advantage, we can burn most of our trash, otherwise we would have to haul it out. It is against the law to have open fires above the 10,000-foot level. Above this level there are few if any trees, and brush is scarce. The forest service does not want what vegetation there is to be destroyed.

" ....A WILDERNESS OF CRUMBLING SPIRES AND BATTLEMENTS , BUILT TOGETHER IN BEWILDERING COMBINATIONS , AND GLAZED IN MANY PLACES WITH A THIN COATING OF ICE..."