Backpacking the Pacific Crest Trail and Beyond
Death Canyon Shelf to Sunset Lake (4 miles)
The sun hit our tent. We quickly woke and crawled out, eager to see the light pour into the canyon below us.
It’s not every day you wake up on the edge of a canyon. We drank in the view, then went back in the tent and enjoyed our honeymoon suite.
It was a hard campsite to leave, but we did have a few miles to cover. We ate breakfast, packed up, and started walking.
Marion Lake to Death Canyon Shelf (5 miles)
On the second day of our Teton Crest Trail honeymoon hike, we slept in and had a leisurely morning. Breakfast by Marion Lake was tasty. Food always seems to be extra delicious in the backcountry. The scenery was hard to beat!
We weren’t the only ones enjoying a lakeside breakfast. As we ate, Chris spotted movement on the far shore. It was a mother and baby moose. As Mom ripped and munched on leafy shrubs, her youngster plopped down in the mud nearby. We’re guessing this was the same pair we had spotted from across the valley yesterday.
After breakfast, we packed up camp and started hiking north. A short but steep uphill got our blood flowing.
Want to take a peek into our book Pacific Crest Trail: A Journey in Photographs? Well, now is your chance. High Country News is featuring 12 of Chris’s PCT images on their website. (Soon the gallery will be highlighted on their homepage too!) Check the photographs out here:
High Country News also published a wonderful review in their print magazine and online. We smiled from ear to ear when we read it:
If you like what you saw and read, please consider purchasing a book for yourself or a good friend. Thank you.
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