Today was a good day for a layover- we would have been nearly windbound all day anyway. As layover seem to go (for our crew) we had severe wind and threats of rain all day. The weather didn’t keep us from eating well though. The food pack should be about 10 pounds lighter, and the bear hang is our best yet. Pancakes, pitas, and personal pizzas with blueberry cheesecake kept us busy over the fire for a good chunk of the day. The sandy beach was warm, sunny (sometimes), and windy, but the fire area in the shade was cool.  Two of us  spent the morning lounging in the hammocks and the tent, but in the afternoon I (as the designated “chef”) repacked all of the rest of the food- and put my “lackeys” to work helping. We plan on an early start tomorrow to make it to Ima and get a decent site.  Alice Lake Campsite Review: Site 1175 This campsite was GORGEOUS!!! The sandy beaches bragged about on the east shore of Alice have nothing over this one!

We spent our layover day here (so 2 nights) and really enjoyed this site. In our time here, we never saw another person. It has one minibear who is rather bold, but didn’t really cause trouble. This site has 2 nice tent pads and a nice seating area around the fire grate. While all of this stuff is rather close together, you have an entire beach to go with the site too. There was a bear hang behind the west tent pad that actually worked out quite well. Someone had lost a rope in a tree to the latrine, but our trees worked better anyway. :) The clump of trees between the fire grate and water were great for a couple of hammocks.

On the water side of this clump of trees is an uprooted tree that is perfect for hanging wet boots on in an attempt to dry them.

The latrine is fairly close to camp and slightly visible to the rest of the crew (especially if someone was wearing an orange bandana). Our second night in camp, we walked along the shore out to the point to the east and got some great pictures. The only issue we had with the site was the wind. If the wind is from the south, you could get windbound here, but if you can just get out around the point, you can duck behind the big island and have a wind block. There isn't really a good place to sit in the sun and avoid the wind...unless you sit in the brush. Overall a 4.5-star site. Lakes: Alice Distance: 0