| We wanted to do a "male
bonding" hike over Labor Day weekend.
With Richard as leader, we chose Enos
Lake. This is a mildly strenuous hike,
made doubly so with full packs and the
necessary cross-country travel. As we
left Duck Lake, Richard was concerned
we had missed the turn-off so we bushwhacked
an alder-covered hillside. On the return
we found the trail was quite obvious
and about 100 yards further than where
we had left the trail. Oh well. After
cresting the first ridge, Richard pointed
out where we were headed. |
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| There was a trail down
to the small lake, but then we were going
to go cross country over the right shoulder
of South Loon Mountain. Enos Lake would
be at the bottom of South Loon. |
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| With this group, if you
are on a high ridge you have to summit.
South Loon is one of the higher peaks
in the area, so the view is extensive. |
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| Tom and John took turns taking pictures
of each other. |
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| Then it was time to head
down into the lake basin. There are actually
quite a few lakes in proximity to Enos,
including the Jungle group. |
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| But first, you have to
get down to Enos. Richard called it a
trail.We spent three days in the basin.
Tom and Richard fished, catching dinner
each day. John hiked, sneaking up on
a family of goats at upper Jungle. The
afternoons were punctuated with thunderstorms
including the non-optional deluge. We
hid from the downpour in the "circus
tent" sipping brandy while John
read aloud from Richard Brautigan's Trout
Fishing in America. |
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| With all the rain, it
was a pretty soggy walk out. Tom gloated
over his footwear while Richard and John
wrang out their socks and poured water
from their boots. Those boots may not
keep the water out, but they do a good
job keeping it IN. |
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