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Snowbank Lake Trail
by Soledad

Trip Type: Hiking
Entry Date: 05/09/2007
Entry & Exit Point: Snowbank Lake (EP 27)
Number of Days: 3
Group Size: 6
Day 2 of 3
Thursday, May 10, 2007

I wish I was a better cook. I poured too much water in my oatmeal concoction and ate oatmeal soup for breakfast. Cow Patty also had oatmeal if I remember correctly. Mountainrunner made up some bacon and pancakes with dehydrated fruits for himself and Clayton. There is nothing like the smell of bacon in the morning.

I made a point to count all of the ticks that I found desperately crawling and searching for my blood. We left camp and headed up around Grub Lake and then toward Boot Lake. This part of the trail is pretty rocky. You really have to keep an eye out for rock cairns. Clayton and I ate a nice lunch at the breezy portage into Boot Lake. I missed Birdseye Lake along the way, but I am trusting MR to send me a picture. We camped at another backpacking site on the far west side of Disappointment Lake between the shore and the largest island on the lake. It was a nice campsite, well protected from storms. Not so good for sunsets or rises. When we rolled into camp we noticed a huge cloud growing due east. We thought it could have been a steam cloud from the Ham Lake fire. It was the only cloud in the sky.

We all got to freshen up a little. Supper was good. Most of the group stayed up until the sun had set. Clayton and I talked into the night about the joys fatherhood while further decreasing our pack's liquid weight.

The tick count was 138.

Slept great that night with a low of 39.