We escaped the crazy crowds by backpacking in the Rockies. Times were tough in the beginning: rain...
mosquitos...
and ... llamas?
However we were soon rewarded with beautiful flowers,
serene pools,
and awesome views.
We had to wait out a thunderstorm under a boulder...
before clambering past waterfalls...
up and over rocks ...
and squeezing past snowdrifts...
for a better view of the Alpine Lakes.
We then followed a stream ...
down to a good fishing lake.
Still lots of mosquitos...
but with this view, who can complain?
