All loaded up and making sure we can carry everything we need for our relatively short trip.
Zoe showing of the ridiculously wide trail near the Talapus Lake trailhead. Thankfully the trail didn't stay like this for very long.
Wow! Checkout the work woodpeckers have done on this dead tree.
Making our way up to Talapus Lake was mostly under tree cover other than this one switchback.
Talapus Lake, our first very brief snack stop. There are campsites on both sides of this lake, but it's far too close to the trailhead so it's a busy area. …
Continuing uphill to our next destination, Olallie Lake. We ran into way more hikers than expected in this section.
Olallie Lake lunch spot looking up towards West Granite Mountain, which is also called Tusk O'Granite, to the left and Granite Mountain to the right.
We had a little lunchtime friend.
Zoe starting up the bootpath at the north end of Olallie Lake.
Peek-a-boo Mt. Rainier.
Back on the main trail that leads to our campsite at Island Lake as well as Pratt Lake and other destinations.
The toilet on the ridge above Island Lake. It was pretty nice.
