Labor Day Lost Lake

A post by Karsyn .....

Dad and I went on our very first backpacking trip together over the Labor Day weekend. 

Lost Lake Trailhead

I was a little nervous that he was going to pick a "short and easy hike" that would turn out to be long and strenuous like they often are. Luckily, the hike was as promised. It was about 2-3 miles each way with not too much uphill. 

We didn't know exactly what lake we wanted to hike to so we just walked until we saw one we liked. We decided on Lost Lake. 

Snowy Range Green Quartz

We got to the lake, found a camp spot and quickly set up camp. Then, we set out to do some fishing before dinner. The fishing was surprisingly good but the lake was hard to navigate around. 

After catching some fish, we headed back to the campsite to make dinner. I wasn't expecting too much because we were taking backpacking food. The chili that we had brought turned out to be pretty nasty. I'm so glad that we also brought some mashed potatoes that were good. Otherwise we would've been pretty hungry. 

The next morning we hiked a little bit further to a different lake. This lake didn't have great fishing like the lake we camped by. 

So after eating some lunch at the lake, we headed back to clean up camp. The hike back seemed to be much easier. Maybe it was just the motivation to get home to shower and eat some real food. 

On the way home, we stopped in Laramie to see Bailee for a bit and eat some dinner. After saying our goodbyes, we headed home and ended our trip.