Thursday, July 30, 2009

Enchantments – down again…

On the way back, I spotted my first elusive marmot. These beaver-sized furry rodents are extremely cute. They’re covered in flurry greyish red hair and communicate with eerie high-pitched whistles.P1000163

I met Trika and Jenny just over the peak of the Pass – we enjoyed a quick lunch together and split up. They to continue over and camp, me to return to lake level…

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Naturally, the first thing I did was take a dip in the lake – what do you think of our private swimming pool? That’s me in the middle.

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Karen had spent the day putting together an extremely fashionable ensemble around her knee brace. I’m sure she won’t mind my previewing it before its debut at the Milan Fashion Show.

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We camped one more night at the lake, then headed down into the heat, the mosquitoes and the biting flies on Saturday…P1000198

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