Lakes

Last night the sailboat that was around the bend anchored closer to my tent site, so this is what I saw when breaking camp.

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Grand Bay part of Lake Granby looks so peaceful early in the morning.

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The trail moves away from lakeside for a time, and goes through a really marshy area and my feet get soaked. Oh well, if I were a moose now I would be happy, since they seem to like standing in lakes and getting wet feet.
Suddenly I hear a loud stirring to my right. Because of downfalls and thick undergrowth It is not possible to get over there to find out what large critter made that noise, so I say aloud, “Here, moosie moosie moosiee.” Silence.
After a few more steps I see this to my left.

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He regards me for a moment, then moves on. Hard to see in this photo, but he was huge.
The next lake is Shadow Mountain Lake, which is developed on the side not within RMNB borders.

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Getting closer to town, the trail passes through this development where garage doors in the back of houses open right on the water, for storing boats.

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The community of Grand Lake is cute and touristy. Sidewalks downtown are built of wood.

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Here is a view of downtown shops.

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I meet Inspector Gadget, a thru-hiker just leaving Shadowcliff Hostel. He was the only person in the men’s hostel bunks last night, and expected the same for me.

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Too bad we could not meet for longer. He was off trail for a couple of weeks to tend to an injury, so is a ways behind the main group of thru-hikers.
The hostel and related cabins are on top of a high rock cliff, really quite striking.

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A view of Grand Lake from the hostel common area window completes my tour of lakes for the day.

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Day 34, 7/21/2014, Monday
Start 35-075WT near Twin Creek Ranger Station, mile 1347, elevation 8291
End 36-020XR Shadowcliff Hostel, mile 1356, elevation 8519

Author: Jim, Sagebrush

Jim (trail-name Sagebrush) codes audio software for Windows, Linux, Android, and embedded systems. When not working at sagebrush.com, he enjoys backpacking, which this blog is about.