Friday, September 02, 2005
Waldo Lake Loop
WALDO LAKE TRAIL
Waldo Lake Wilderness and Recreation Area
21-mile loop
August 27, 2005- Saturday
2:30 p.m.- arrive at Waldo Lake parking area trailhead near the North Waldo Campground; temp 83 degrees hot
2:45- begin the trail, thru a massive burn area, along the shoreline, it's pretty to see the lake beyond the burned trees. There are ponds with lillies in them.
6:00 p.m.- take a break, looking for a campsite; stop at a nice one but we're divided on to stay or hike a little while longer. We place votes and it's a tie so dad gets to make the tiebreaker vote and that meant we get to hike on.
7:00 p.m.- stopped for the night at the junction of Waldo Lake trail and Salmon Lake trail- near a lake named Elbow Lake; set up tents and had some soup for dinner; 8:30 p.m.-gathered into our tent and played cards.
9:30 p.m.- bedtime! It seems that Oldest daughter has brought her walkman along and is in her tent listening to music.
August 28, 2005- Sunday
7:00 a.m.- wake up! 49 degrees out this morning.
8:00 a.m.- packing up, drinking hot cocoa. The girls are moving S-L-O-W. Oldest daughter doesn't want to get out of her sleeping bag. The girls are trying to decide if they should switch backpacks because younger daughter thinks hers is too big for her, after much debate she decides to just leave things the same.
8:30 a.m.- on the trail, hiked good one hour than youngest slowed down and was a bit pouty about her pack on her back bothering her. Sabra and Alan hiked ahead.
10:45 a.m.- break by the lake, pretty views; Sign reads Shadow Bay campground 3.8 miles, 60 degrees in the shade; snack time.
Got back to hiking and Natasha perked up and led the way.
1:00 p.m.- stopped at South Waldo shelter, nice shelter with a little woodstove in it, picnic table outside. Filled our bags with water, the filter was not working quite right but we managed to get water in all the bags. Our youngest had some soup and I had some oatmeal, the other just snacked. Lots of foot, bike, and dog traffic in this area, we're thinking we could charge admission for a tour of the shelter area!
We enjoyed a long break at the shelter and played a game of cards, winner to decide if we should spend the night in this area or hike out tonight... I was winning until the very last hand and lost it all to our oldest daughter.
So the packs were on our backs and we begin hiking...Dad would of like to have stay around another night.
it's 2:45 p.m. and we're back on the trail.
The trail goes gently up and down and then eventually closer to the shoreline again where we can see the lake. Pretty views of the lake, nearing the campground there were more bikes on the trail, after that point we had the trail mostly to ourselves again. The girls decide to stash their packs about 5 miles before the trail ends and we’ll go back and get them on the way out. We carry our packs so we get the full backpacking experience. A nice steady trail, it's a bit inland from the lake until close to the campground where the trail winds thru close to the end.
6:30 p.m.- we arrive back at the trailhead parking lot after 14 miles on the trail and 7 miles yesterday.
Mrs TS
Waldo Lake Wilderness and Recreation Area
21-mile loop
August 27, 2005- Saturday
2:30 p.m.- arrive at Waldo Lake parking area trailhead near the North Waldo Campground; temp 83 degrees hot
2:45- begin the trail, thru a massive burn area, along the shoreline, it's pretty to see the lake beyond the burned trees. There are ponds with lillies in them.
6:00 p.m.- take a break, looking for a campsite; stop at a nice one but we're divided on to stay or hike a little while longer. We place votes and it's a tie so dad gets to make the tiebreaker vote and that meant we get to hike on.
7:00 p.m.- stopped for the night at the junction of Waldo Lake trail and Salmon Lake trail- near a lake named Elbow Lake; set up tents and had some soup for dinner; 8:30 p.m.-gathered into our tent and played cards.
9:30 p.m.- bedtime! It seems that Oldest daughter has brought her walkman along and is in her tent listening to music.
August 28, 2005- Sunday
7:00 a.m.- wake up! 49 degrees out this morning.
8:00 a.m.- packing up, drinking hot cocoa. The girls are moving S-L-O-W. Oldest daughter doesn't want to get out of her sleeping bag. The girls are trying to decide if they should switch backpacks because younger daughter thinks hers is too big for her, after much debate she decides to just leave things the same.
8:30 a.m.- on the trail, hiked good one hour than youngest slowed down and was a bit pouty about her pack on her back bothering her. Sabra and Alan hiked ahead.
10:45 a.m.- break by the lake, pretty views; Sign reads Shadow Bay campground 3.8 miles, 60 degrees in the shade; snack time.
Got back to hiking and Natasha perked up and led the way.
1:00 p.m.- stopped at South Waldo shelter, nice shelter with a little woodstove in it, picnic table outside. Filled our bags with water, the filter was not working quite right but we managed to get water in all the bags. Our youngest had some soup and I had some oatmeal, the other just snacked. Lots of foot, bike, and dog traffic in this area, we're thinking we could charge admission for a tour of the shelter area!
We enjoyed a long break at the shelter and played a game of cards, winner to decide if we should spend the night in this area or hike out tonight... I was winning until the very last hand and lost it all to our oldest daughter.
So the packs were on our backs and we begin hiking...Dad would of like to have stay around another night.
it's 2:45 p.m. and we're back on the trail.
The trail goes gently up and down and then eventually closer to the shoreline again where we can see the lake. Pretty views of the lake, nearing the campground there were more bikes on the trail, after that point we had the trail mostly to ourselves again. The girls decide to stash their packs about 5 miles before the trail ends and we’ll go back and get them on the way out. We carry our packs so we get the full backpacking experience. A nice steady trail, it's a bit inland from the lake until close to the campground where the trail winds thru close to the end.
6:30 p.m.- we arrive back at the trailhead parking lot after 14 miles on the trail and 7 miles yesterday.
Mrs TS
# posted by Trail Seeker @ 9:37 PM 
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Sounds like a great experience. I enjoy reading about your hikes because I am totally clueless urbanite who aspires to get into hiking but doesn't even know where to begin. So what you are doing is something I aspire to while I play around on the nature trails near home. I'm really impressed your children will go with you. I think my sons would, but my daughter would probably complain the entire time like she does for our shorter hikes.
Thanks for sharing! Miranda/Bard
Thanks for sharing! Miranda/Bard
It's the barbor's fault I tell ya. Everytime I go, I walk out with a few more gray hairs than when I went in, not sure what he's doing, but I plan to catch him, you wait and see.
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