Webb Mountain Lookout

Jolie, me and Polgara spent 4 nights at the Webb Mountain Lookout. Due to the fires, the great views from the lookout were not as good as we had hoped. We still had a good time and got in some good hikes.

Our best sunset colors. That peak on the right has a small dot on the top - that is another fire lookout on Mt. Henry

A sunrise without smoke! The small light just above the lookout is the moon

This is Mt Henry with lookout shown on the sunset picture above

Whats that, you say? That is what we found on top of Subaru engine when we got home - a pack rat nest with a big rat starring me in the face when I opened the hood! Sorry, no picture of the rat (dead or alive). He proved sneaky - hard to kill a rate without damaging something else. So, we closed the hood, let him get comfortable and caught him just as he(she?) was brushing his teeth before bed time..... sorry rat ... time for a dirt nap.

Sawtooth Backpack

Jolie and I planned a 7 day 54-mile backpack in the Sawtooth Mountians in central Idaho. This is our first sunset at Alice Lake

Our first camp at Alice Lake (yes, two people can fit in that tent without suffocating one another)

Sunrise on Alice Lake

The water in Alice Lake was so clear we could see these shelves and channels below the water

Wildflowers were still great at the higher elevations

At Cramer Divide. Was a little smoky this day and there was a dark cloud approaching

This was our sunset view at our camp on Cramer Lakes

This was our sunrise view on Cramer Lakes

We woke up early to watch sunrise over Baron Lakes and Warbonnet Peak, but the sun didn't co-operate to well. This is one of the few shots I got with sun on the peak

Our last night was spend at beautiful Sawtooth Lake - this is our first view of the lake and surrounding mountains

More wildflowers - these are columbine

Sunrise at Sawtooth Lake

Sunrise on Sawtooth

One more sunrise view of Sawtooth Lake.  We hiked out to the car this day. When we got to the car we saw a cooler that someone had forgotten in the parking lot - it just happened to have cold water in it and several beers!!! Who says there is no backpacking god?