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The view of our campsite area before we left the trail.	Sierra inspects some alpine flowers.	Mom & Sierra racing cross the meadow.	"Grandpa -do you like my mountains?"
Michelle & Sierra by the pond.	One more great view of the majestic lake and mountains.	Don't worry Grandpa, I can make it!	At the top of that granite slab.
	I am Sierra.... This place is all MINE! Hope you enjoy it. Please don't ever bring any telemarketers out here!	A perfect reflection in a perfectly calm lake.

Day 4 -Wednesday August 10, 2005 Since we abandoned our up & over plans for a loop trip AND because of the multitude of mosquitoes, we left two days early and backtracked the 8 miles to Devil's Postpile.	The last of the snow as we head down.	Dave & Sierra take a break by the cascading water slides.	Dave doing some trail run testing with Sierra's FlashPack. Dave bought one and used it during his Wasatch 100 mile run a few weeks later. Great lightweight nylon pack with lots of room and many pockets.
Dave had spray OFF that helped keep the mosquitoes at bay.	Doug was an unhappy blood donor. Fortunately the squeeters loved him so much that they left Sierra alone. She did not have a single bite! Michelle just had a few.	Juicy filet of Doug was the featured choice at the the El Mosquito restaurant!	One of the reasons we always wait to go backpacking until August is because these evil bugs are usually long gone. They hit their peak in June and early July. Unfortunately the heavy rains this year and late snows shifted that.

Later that same afternoon we took and easy hike up to a lovely alpine meadow that Bob & Dick discovered.
Rested Grandpa Doug and Sierra head up the trail.	Sierra by a pond up in the meadow.