Hike with Rytis and Andrew
July 2008

Long Marcy loop	Elizabethtown Number 4
First stream crossing	and second	Harebell and checking out the falls
worthy of a scramble	raspberry	yummy mushroom
exploring the stream	an intrusion	a deer enjoying the wetlands
soup with a stick: the price of the forgotten spoon	stream follows an intrusion	Next day: a little blurry at 5am
breakfast by Cascade lake	a bird	on the trail to marcy from south meadow: tall meadow rue
the sun rising	Marcy Dam reflections	great view from Indian falls
this stream follows an intrusion too	flowers	bunchberry in bloom
a glimpse of Marcy	nearing treeline	mountain sandwort
red tipped goblet and british soldier lichen	rest with a view	wet on the mountain
no, go up	cotton sedge	more climbing
better views	more climbing	more tired
lovely rock	wide views	alpine goldenrod
blossoom	in the air	water
dandelion on the summit	Mountain alder	lovely views on the descent
descending	and a break for lunch	last view of Marcy from Lake tear of the clouds
spiral of lichen	good camouflage	American toad
above the opalescent	slippery rocks	wide falls
a great place to rest	to the Colden Dam	view from Colden's edge
raspberry	end of Avalanche Lake	270 degree view of Avalanche Lake
bolted trail	huge cliffs	laurel
last glance at the lake	avalanche remains	return to Marcy Dam: need water
more water	rain spoils the plan to dry cloths overnight	off toward Elizabethtown Number 4
which involves bushwhacking	up the mountain	american newt
steep wet rock	a snack on the summit	hints of a good view
wide views	enjoying the mountain	descending again
dueling cameras	bunchberries ripening	carefully descending
turns to rapid descent	tiny mushrooms on birch	glad to see the South Boquet
and a break along the E Dix herd path	mucky crossing	and another
lost?	an orange escaped above the falls, but got caught by the current	last lunch, break camp and head home

Some photos by Andrew
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