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Sometimes you gotta get down and dirty for that perfect shot.

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...see a tiny bit of the upper one.

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We couldn't see the middle lake, but through the trees we could just barely...

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After breakfast, Scott, Diane, Sally and I set out to see if we could find a way up to the ridgetop west of the lakes.

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Sally thawing out with hot breakfast and a sliver of sunshine.

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With Scott's excellent navigation-by-GPS, we reached the ridgetop with surprising ease, then headed...

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Our grins say it all--what a great hike!

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Picking a way over the boulder field was tricky, but we got far enough to look down on the...

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Sure enough, morning brought mostly clear skies reflected in a mirror-calm lake.

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A touch of frost on the meadow turned to sparkling jewels in the sunlight.

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The sky may be gray, but dinner's a riot of color.

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As the sun sank lower, the overcast thinned out to let some last rays through, hinting at better weather the next day.

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The low-angle sun lights up a trace of mist rising off the still water.

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A grassy meadow just off the trail near the lower lake made a fine campsite.

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On the way back, we spotted this bird foraging along the edge of the lower lake, quite unconcerned about our presence.

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Gary went on to the upper lake, while Tom (having a bum knee whose forthcoming surgery prevented his...

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What Gary was getting up close and personal with, and arguably my favorite wildflower.

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As the names suggest, above the lower lake is a middle lake, and above that--nestled in the cirque in the background--is an upper lake.

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