Today is Sunday and normally I would not hike but I want to get at least over Selden Pass so I don’t have so far to go to get to Vermillion Valley Resort (VVR) tomorrow. Lenora is going to pick me up at VVR and then we will stay in Mammoth Lakes for a day and then head to Utah for the Mickey Goodliffe Memorial Junior Golf Tournament. I had hoped to make it to Mammoth Lakes (30 miles beyond VVR) but it was not to be.

Wild flower where I was camped

So today I get up and just relax and enjoy my camp site. Fix a good breakfast, listen to the stream, do a little bird watching, watch a deer browsing for food and just relax and give thanks for my blessings.

I get started hiking about noon. I decide to go as slow as possible so as to never sweat during the hike. Here are a couple pictures to show how different this section is with regards to water. The forest is dry, very dry.

But after a mile or two I come to a lake and of course above the lake is a stream inflowing into the stream.

Moving on up from the lakes it is level for awhile and a marmot watches me go by.

Continuing on up there is Heart Lake because it is shaped like a heart but I could not get a shot that showed its heart’ness.

Shortly after I reached Selden Pass and looked down on the lake below, Marie Lake. I will go just beyond Marie Lake and find a campsite for the night, just short of Bear Creek which is suppose to be one of the harder rivers to ford A very nice and relaxing and stress free day. Leaves me only 10 miles to VVR tomorrow to meet Lenora.

Here is a view of Marie Lake from Selden Pass