Backpacking in the Wind River Mountains August 2009

Sorry that I have not gotten back to updating our blog since last July. In September 2009, Jan and I were called as group leaders in the Guest Services Missionary program at Temple Square and the Conference Center. We are thus Group Leaders of Group S. We have about 200 missionaries that we keep track of. Our group is responsible for security at the Conference Center, so when you first come into the Conference Center our group is responsibile for the metal detectors and purse searches. In any event along with the new responsibilities, came a lot of work that took a lot of time and I had a hard time getting back on track with my personal history, our blog and other stuff. Nuff said.

In August, 2009, we went backpacking into the Green River Lakes enterance of the Wind River Mountains. This is the area we have backpacked in for the last 40 years. We take canoes across the lake.

                                          View across lower Green River Lake from the Beach
                                            We set up a base camp on the south end of this lake.

                                   Our campsite at the south end of the lower Green River Lake.
From left to right we have Sam, Jan, Janet, Dean, Adam, Kyle, Jessie, Ryan, Erica and Francis.

This shows how we spend some of our time backpacking:

From our base camp, we can look east and see Clear Creek which comes from the glaciers on the Contential Divide.

Here is another view without the mist.

This is Clear Creek Canyon, it leads up to Slide lake, Clear lake, Faler lake and Bear lake. There is also a way to get from Faler lake to Native lake and Crescent lake and then down the Roaring Fork Creek.

We fish the lower streams some, here is Kyle trying to catch something on the Green River between the upper and lower Green River Lakes.

Kyle and Frannie along the trail.

Jan, Janet and Jessica resting along the trail.

Here is Jan on the bridge that is over the Green River between the two lakes.

The canyon that we usually go up to get to the upper lakes, Twin lakes, Shirley lake and the rest, is just between the pine tree above Jan and the left border.

Here are our two nearly weds in the kayaks.

We did put up a rain fly, here are Jessica, Dean and Erica putting up the rain fly.

And last but not least, we have a great time around the campfire.

From left to right, Ryan and Jessie, Frannie and Kyle, Adam and Erica.

This is just our base camp, primarily for Larre and Jan. Most of the rest hike up to the upper lakes, Twin lakes, Shirley Lake and others for the good fishing. We were content to stay in camp and loaf.

We have a great time in the Wind Rivers. From about 1970 until 1999, we went backpacking here almost every year and sometimes two or three times a year.