Walkabout: day 4

Day 4 was the first full day spent at the lake.  Instead of just relaxing, we all decided to take advantage of the opportunity to summit a peak [relatively] close by.  Our campground was situated at about 9,600 feet in elevation and the peak was 11,000 feet in elevation.  Not too hard of a climb, but just enough to get our heart rates going  :)

The climb actually was not bad at all and the view was...INCREDIBLE.  I'm not sure that I've ever seen anything more breathtaking than the view from the top.  Standing on the peak, we could see a 360 degree view of nothing but mountains and undisturbed wilderness.  It was God's creation in all it's glory.  No cars, no sidewalks, no buildings, not even an airplane engine could interrupt my thoughts.  It was simply glorious.

We found some snow on the way up!

...which can be a very exciting thing for Southern Californians  ;)

Making our way to the peak.

And when we got to the top...

 This is what we saw...

Taking it all in.

The team.

Album cover.

A small little alpine pond that the boys decided to take a dip in.

In the top left of this picture, you can vaguely make out Joe Crane Lake.

Jon surprised us with homemade bread that he had packed in for us.

Amazed.

Quiet time.  Nothing better.

This is the granite bowl that Joe Crane Lake sits in.

So happy  :)

The Minnerets.

Holy cow.

J-dub.

Isn't it just amazing?  It's really hard to come up with words that adequately describe the handiwork of our God.

It's times like this that a picture really is worth a thousand words.