Green Lakes

How nice it is to sleep in and not feel rushed.  We took our time packing up.  The morning hike matched our mood as it was easy downhill to flat.  At the bottom of our descent was the Green River which is glacier fed and emerald green in color.  

It was wide and moving fast.  We crossed it on a bridge but had to rock hop on the smaller forks.  The trail paralleled the river sometimes above sometimes level with it.  The canyon walls and mountains on the other side reflected the sun back to us.  

The river calmed and slowed as we went further and flowed into the Green Lakes.  There's an upper and a lower lake.  We saw a lot of hikers and horse packets again.  They all start at the Green Lakes trailhead.  Once we passed the trailhead we were alone again and it felt like leaving town.  

No more regular hikers.  We had a big climb to gunsight pass after that.  The weather didn't stay nice for us we had evening storms but we still made progress and had a great day.