We started hiking at Nichols Lake North. We hiked past Leaf Lake, Condon Lake, Sawkaw Lake and Highbank Lake. The leaves were not on the trees yet, so we had a good view of lakes. Highbank Lake we viewed from a high bank as name suggests. We camped near 16 mile Rd. The next morning we hiked north again. We passed many marshes. I assume these marshes would be great for bird watching. Walked through Sterling Marsh. There were NCT trail workers here building a boardwalk over some of the very swampy areas. Ended hike at Bowman Lake Trailhead. Nice hike! Except for the trail workers we had the whole 17 mile trail to ourselves!
Happily may I walk.
May it be beautiful before me.
May it be beautiful behind me.
May it be beautiful below me.
May it be beautiful above me.
May it be beautiful all around me.
In beauty is it finished.
~Anonymous, Navajo Night Chant
Recommended Reading ...
Hiking How To ...
- Beyond Backpacking / Ray Jardine's Guide to Lightweight Hiking by Ray Jardine
-Advanced Backpacking by Karen Berger
Adventures in the Mountains ...
- No Shortcuts to the Top by Ed Viesturs
- Breaking Trail by Arlene Blume
- High Adventure: The true story of the first ascent of Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary
Long Distance Hiking Adventures ...
- A Blistered Kind of Love: One Couple's Trial by Trail by Angela and Duffy Ballard
- The Cactus Eaters by Dan White
- Where the Water Divide / A Walk Along America's Continental Divide by Kren Berger and Daniel Smith
- Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Trail Guides ...
- The Maah Daah Hey Trail by Hiram Rogers
- Hiking Grand Canyon Loops, A Falcon Guide
Grand Canyon Reading ...
- The Man Who Walked Through Time by Colin Fletcher
- Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon by Michael Ghiglieri and Thomas Myers
Isle Royale Reading ...
- The diary of an Isle Royale school teacher by Dorothy Peterman Simonson
- Ingeborg's Isle Royale by Ingeborg Holte
- The wolves of Isle Royale : a broken balance by Rolf O. Peterson
