Hiatus/Laziness - How American!!

So we went camping in the (gorgeous, gorgeous) Uintas for the 4th of July. We went with Jo and Pat, and her friend Anna and Anna's boyfriend BJ. Chris and I headed up a few hours before everyone else on Thursday night and staked out a place to camp on some BLM land near Christmas Meadows.

We got up on Friday and hiked to Amethyst Lake. We actually stopped at a small lake just before Amethyst Lake, which was about .7 miles from Amethyst. We were camped a mile from the trailhead, so it still ended up being about 14 miles. It was gorgeous there, although we didn't see any moose, which was disappointing.

We were going to hike to Scow Lake on Saturday, but we all got up late and ate a late breakfast so we decided to go to Mirror Lake with some beer and games and just hang out there. It was a good time, and we all got our asses kicked at chess by Pat, who was apparently in chess club in Jr. High and now all of the internets know it. Heh.

Saturday night I declared that it was our mission to drink all of the beer, wine and liquor that we had brought with us, and we did not fail, my friends. It was a great night. I have no idea how late we stayed up, but morning came early.

We headed back to Salt Lake at about noon on Sunday. We intended to do a hike before we left, but Chris was fairly hung over (CHRIS! NOT ME! I have no idea why I have the reputation as the crazy drinker.) so we bagged it and came back to Salt Lake early, giving us time to Get Shit Done for Monday.

All in all a great weekend. Happy belated 4th.

posted by Ami @ Tuesday, July 08, 2008