Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Ice cream treat to end the trip 🌲

Waiting for the boat taxi on the dock at Echo Lake

Our first backpacking trip together was a success!

We’re happy to have found the trail after bouldering rocks.

Trying to navigate the trail back to Echo.

Headed out

Cora’s pack

Joaquin’s pack

Campsite 🏕️

Cora is getting water.

Morning coffee from our backyard

Morning from American Lake!

Reading before bed

We played Yahtzee during the sunset.

Cora is standing behind our campsite.

Wildflowers!

Joaquin checks out the map. 🗺️

Isaac cutting up the Spam

We swam a lot to escape the heat.

We listen to this waterfall from our tent

Gorgeous swimming hole

Granite everywhere

Hiking around Lake Aloha

Basking in the hot sun ☀️

A refreshing swim in Lake Aloha. The weather was hot.

Patches of snow along the granite

Lake Aloha

Our campsite along the American Lake

Campsite 🏕️

Our swimming hole off our campsite

Todd and Isaac sitting at our campsite on American Lake