so it was around 5 on day 2 and had made my way up out of the valley to Clark lakes just short of Agnew summit
I started thinking about making my way down a bit to shorten my exit on Sunday morning to ensure that I was home early enough to stay in good graces with the other half (this way I get to go more often) so I hooked off on the trail to Thousand island lakes with a plan to hang a right on the PCT high route and stop off at Badger Lakes for the night. up I went again
but then I saw where I was headed and it looked empty, it was all worth it again
Down I went hungry and ready to set up camp, grab some water and make some dinner, I had mistakenly only made a small chicken burrito for lunch and I just realized that that was a long time ago
to make a long story short, when I got to badger lakes there were a ton of people and nowhere that even resembled the back country to camp near the water ( and I needed water) I also wanted to respect the space of those that had set camp earlier in the day and not not crowd them at all so I set course back to Agnew summit, although looking at the map i noticed a short cut just a little further East off the PCT high route. This proved to be a very steep and loose adventure for a dehydrated, hungry hiker with almost 18 miles already under his belt for the day
Up I went
totally worth it though
went over the summit, past summit lake (should have stopped but my mind was not functioning at this point) back to the Clark lakes junction (where I had been just a little bit earlier.
then I had a great idea to head out what I believe is one of the Clark lakes but is up the trail to Silver lakes.
Found a cool spot, filled up on water but just wasn't feeling it so back l I went to the junction and to a spot I had seen just off the trail toward Thousand Island lakes I had been on earlier either way finally got set up and put some food in my belly and off to a well earned sleep for my last night out.
all of the day 2 pics can be found here
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