: Chicken Spring Lake
Over the July 4th weekend Jessica and I, and two of her college friends took the opportunity to do a short backpacking trip in the Eastern Sierra. This is one of my favorite areas, stretching from Lone Pine in the south, to Death Valley in the east, and Yosemite in the north, encompassing some of the most rugged and beautiful high country in the western US. Many of the peaks and passes exceed 12,000 feet, where the trees grow sparse and twisted, and the small lake trout are wild and wily. Our traveling area includes the Golden Trout Wilderness, home of the last native populations of this small, wild, and beautiful fish.