Ancient Lake with the PWC

Jay Adventure!, Central and Eastern Washington, Family, Overnight Backpacking , , , , 2 Comments

In April of 2015 I led a group from my club to Ancient Lake in Central Washington. This was a big trip in the fact that it was also Hayden's very first backpacking trip. He's had an overnight pack for some time but this was his first opportunity to get some use out of it. I've posted about trips to Ancient Lakes before so I'll spare the details. It was a fun trip and we are planning on doing a similar trip next year.

Hiking in
Hiking in - Hayden and Linda
Hiking in
The main lake
The main lake
Paul pulling Megan's Dixon Roller Pack
Hayden helping Megan set up her tent. This was one of Megan's first backpacking trips after breaking her back and having surgery 2 years prior.
Ancient Lake is a popular place for horse back riding as well
The sun was starting to set
One of the other lakes. It is called Ancient Lake but there are actually three of them.
Sun starting to set
The sun was starting to set so Paul and myself took a quick hike over to the ridge to the south to get a look at Dusty Lake.
Old growth Sage. It was probably 10-12 feet tall.
There was a boy scout group to the south of our camp. This was probably the busiest I've ever seen this area.
Boy Scout troop the next day heading out
Group photo before hiking out. Left to Right, Jay, Hayden, Emily, Paul, Linda, Doug, Julia, Megan, Barbara.
The journey ahead.
Hiking out
Hayden hiking out
Star Trails. I used StarStax to create this with photos I took overnight while we were sleeping.
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2 thoughts on “Ancient Lake with the PWC”

  • Short Break
    January 26, 2016 at 9:02 pm
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    Great time! Hayden was such an awesome hiking partner – so encouraging. Great preaentation ! how! You are such a talented photographer!

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    • JayPost author
      January 27, 2016 at 8:00 am
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      Thanks Linda! I know Hayden really enjoyed hiking and hanging out with you guys too! Hopefully we have a good turnout again this year.

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