We hiked a short 7 or so miles the first day and found a nice spot along the river to camp.
My son took this picture of me digging some clean socks out of my drybag. Our shelters were just personal sized painters drop cloths on the ground to use as ground cloths, and a lightweight tarp stretched overhead. One shelter had 5 adults, one had 5 boys, and one had 4 boys.
Hiking such a short distance that day, we had time to fish. One of the boys caught this big cutthroat trout. It was the only fish we caught on the trip, and with all our $80 fishing licenses, this works out to about a $500 fish.
The first night was cold. It got down to 30 degrees, and I had trouble sleeping. Woke to frost covering everything. But it warmed up the next day and we started hiking.
This is my son. I liked the wildflowers.
