Wind River Range - Day 3

We were more than a little bit relieved to wake up on our third day in Wind River Range to partly (mostly?) cloudy skies and no rain.  We had a long day ahead (9 miles) so we had our oatmeal and got on the move. 

The first part of 4ish miles of our day would take us down into the Trail Creek Valley... kind of sad to head down into the woods after being above tree-line so much the day before.  Fortunately, we were headed right back up and out.  First to Green Pass, then Summit Lake for lunch and finally on our way to No Name Lakes where the views really opened up:

I am a big time lover of all things Alpine and it's views like this that really get me going:

 

Staying high for the last 4.5 miles including stunning lakes like this one:

 

 We spent our last night at Palmer Lake where the skies finally went full on bluebird.  We celebrated with some mosquito free reading time in the tent and scotch.