On Friday morning, Kate, Shannon, and I headed to the Uintas for a quick weekend of backpacking. The Uintas are a mountain range East of Salt Lake City especially noted for being (generally) the only East-West range in the Continental United States (basically all other ranges run North-South). I'm... not really sure why that matters, but it's a fun fact. The range is also one of the highest in Utah and our hike started at nearly 10,000 feet. Here's Kate and Shannon ready for action.
We passed a beautiful Long Lake on our way to Island Lake (about 4 miles) where we setup camp for the evening. Beautiful swimming and sunset photography ensued (click the photos for bigger versions).
Our night at Island was calm and we woke up and completed a loop on the way out including a few more lakes (Duck Lake, Pot Lake, and Weir Lake). All beautiful in Uinta fashion.
Once back to the car and eventually the city, the three of us set our sights on the Red Iguana in Salt Lake City for some of the best Mexican food around. After our Mexican food disaster by the Grand Canyon, we can say we've seen a full spectrum of the genre (from really bad to this really good). We enjoyed a sampler of all the mole sauce options. Highly recommended if you're ever in Salt Lake. It was a great way to cap off the backpacking weekend!
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