![]() I wondered around for several hours looking for future camp sites and just soaking in God’s creation. I sucked 2 liters of water on that break. It took me about an hour to start feeling decent. I dumped my pack, filled my water bottle and began to rest and recuperate. I decided to turn back, I was hungry and feeling week for lack of fluids. The next lake I came to I didn’t see any obvious camp sites so I decided to head back to the first one I found. I regret not listening to my body and taking a break and getting more fluids in me. I kept going because I didn’t want to be around a lot of foot traffic. ![]() The very first sight I came to is a beautiful grassy area set back from the lake but…its the first thing people will see as they hike in. I eventually reached the first of the five lakes. The cairns littered the hillside and I couldn’t tell which ones were trail markers so I just followed my GPS and kept going down hill. Cairns are rocks stacked on top of each other and many people make them to show the trails path when the path is on rocks. The trail down was good at first until I reached the rocky part of the trail. Now for the down hill hike to five lakes. Unless you want to boonie stomp you simply follow the trail to and around Glacier Lake to Five Lakes Basin. On my return trip I learned the trail junction is no more. I was a bit frustrated that I somehow missed the trail junction. There was a family of four camping at the lake. I didn’t realize it until I arrived at Glacier Lake. Halfway through my hike I decided I wanted to go straight to Five Lakes Basin so the closer I got to Glacier Lake the more I looked for the trail junction going to Five Lakes. It was a sound I would hear for the remainder of my trip. Crazy as it sounds there were several different herds of cattle roaming Tahoe National Forest. The closer I got to the sound the more I recognized it… cow bells. I walked on past a beautiful meadow and half way through my hike I started hearing an unusual sound. Boonie stomping to the trail from Downey Lake worked well but it was a lot more work on these old legs of mine. Instead of climbing up the hill to get back on the trail, I decided to follow the contour of Downey Lake and meet the trail further down. ![]() ![]() It was very nice with a few exposed camping sites. I peeled off to the right and went down to Downey Lake. The trail is well maintained and easy to follow. ![]()
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