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Passing the Wilderness boundary sign about a mile up the trail.
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The trail passes a talus field with a view to the high country.
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The view across Upper Seymour Lake from the shore near our campsite.
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Rachael getting photographed in the Wilderness.
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A mother ptarmigan visited our campsite, with some of her brood.
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Roger surveying camp.
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Rachael downing some leftover lunch. In this case, Peanut M&M's.
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Weathered tree roots of an old blowdown near camp.
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Roger performing his afternoon GPS chores.
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The view from across the lake back towards camp.
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Rachael and Joe fixing vodka and Tang. Not sure this is what the space program envisioned when Tang was developed.
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Roger being pensive.
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Joe's thinking: I found a flat rock for a chair and I did not even have to haul it up here.
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This wary black bear skirted our camp in the evening, after J&R had spotted it earlier that afternoon.
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Another view of Upper Seymour Lake as we leave camp to hike to the Divide.
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View from the switchbacks to a pond above Upper Seymour Lake.
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As indicated by trail signs, the switchbacks that climb up the face of the mountain above the lake are NOT recommended for stock.
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Susie photographing the view from the top.
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Roger pointing over to Storm Lake Pass.
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The view southwest along the spine of the Divide in the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness.
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Lunch straddling the Divide, with haze and smoke blowing in from nearby wildfires.
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OK, so Susie's hat looks funny blowing in the wind. Deal with it.
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Starting back down the trail toward Upper Seymour Lake.
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Joe coming down the switchbacks. Carefully.
