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Alrighty…the wait is over.  All 200+ pictures we took from last month are up.  I also included a link to a .zip with the original photos if you’d like them.  The web gallery ones are smaller, so they fit in your browser.

Without further ado:

August Backpacking at Timber Lake, Sailing in the San Juans

Link to .zip with Originals

A little background info:

We backpacked on the Timber Lake Trail, a really nice one just down the west side of the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park.  5.5 miles into the camp site…not too bad.  Great access to tundra day-hiking from there!

The sailing trip started the day after Ben’s wedding (sorry we missed your open house you two).  We flew to Seattle, drove up to Bellingham, got briefed, and hopped on boart the 37′ Jeanneau.  Really nice boat…3 cabins, kitchen, plenty of seating.  The main sail was set up w/ lazy jacks and pulley-driven reefing…makes it almost too easy.  Nice chart plotter and radar too.  Weather was excellent the entire week.  We sailed north up near the Canadian border, made our way west, then south and around, and finally back to Bellingham.  Stayed at a couple of the big island harbors along the way….Roach and Friday.  Great hiking, did some shrimping.  No rum until halfway in…bought to much, and couldn’t finish it all heh.  Dingy got lost once….that was fun :D.  We ran a hat-overboard drill too….fished it out right in the nick of time (was sinking).  All in all, great week with a lot of fun in the sun….I’m no longer pasty white :D.

Good times.