We are back from our backpacking trip!! We were finally able to make it to the Trinity Alps. Thank you so much to our babysitters, Auntie and Grammy. This trip would never have happened if it weren't for you guys! We got up early Saturday morning and when I say early I mean 4:00 am, drove out to the trailhead, where we had an awesome breakfast in Junction City to start the day off right. I was a little nervous about the trip since I hadn't work out in three weeks, who knew that having a job and kids means no time to work out. But we took it slow, hiking for about 30 minutes and then a 5 minute break. The scenery was incredible and I think everyone should go on a backpacking trip like this some time in their life. Even if its just a night and you come back. So much fun and was way better than my last trip. We are already planning our next trip.
Me and the Trinity Alps sign before we start
Scott at the sign...see how happy we are...wait until you see that last picture
Canyon Creek in the bigging of the hike
Stupid blogger...wont let me show this picture the way I want too. Anyway its a brook trout I caught. The colors are awesome. More on that later
This is the falls that Scott wanted to get to in the first day. Well we got there about 2 hours into our hike. It was 4 miles from the trailhead. We were so happy when we got here we decided to make it up to the lakes. Which was another 3.5 miles away
One of the creeks we had to cross. Scott took both of our packs over so I could fall in, good thing because I tried it on the way back and I started to fall
At the last big waterfall we saw...above this were the lakes but let me tell you, the last mile was the hardest. Switchbacks and steep granite climbs, but it was worth. Right at the top we held hands to see our destination. It was great! Scott was the really romantic on this trip. 
the view of the lake from our tent
This is the upper lake. We arrived here on Saturday and decided our plan of attack on Sunday. We were going to fish the lake and then make our way around the back which is the green area in the middle right side of the picture, where there is a creek that has golden trout. It is a dream of Scott's to catch a golden trout. It was going to be a hike in but worth it because no many people can say they caught a golden trout. But we didn't make it because as we were coming back from this hike, Scott sprained his ankle. So we decided the next morning that we would take it easy, plus we didn't know if there were any golden trouts anymore, since we read it in a book that dated back 15 years ago. We ran into some people on the way down on Sunday and they told us there were golden trout so Scott was a little sad. But the fishing that we did was great.
Brown trout Scott caught the first night
The colors are beautiful
Us in our tent
Sunday mornign hike to Upper Lake
Brown trout I caught. Good size
Brook trout..first one ever
If you look to the middle of the picture where the trees are thats where our tent is
Us
Our camp the second night along the creek..we tried to catch some fish for dinner but thats when we couldn't get them. hooked alot but couldn't land them
View of the creek 
Look how blue/green the water is...it was so clear
Hiking along the trail
Beautiful picture of a flower 
Cross the last creek access before our hike is over, I was able to do it the second time, only because of the rope above my head
Us after the hike...we look so happy 
3 comments:
Wow, that looks so beautiful!! Sounds like you had a great time!
What an incredible trip!! You took some amazing pictures! I'm glad you guys had such a great time :)
Congrats! Sounds like you had a blast!
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