Greetings from lake side of South Lake Tahoe CA!  In the Native American Washoe language, the word Tahoe means" big water". It is the largest of all Sierra Nevada's lakes (71 miles circumference) and is the 10th deepest lake in the world! (2nd deepest in the U.S.) The PCT winds high above it's western shore, so I will probably have great views of this massive blue lake when I get back on trail tomorrow. I have been in town for a few days now prepping for the next two sections. I am now past the 1,000mile mark of the PCT...and when I go over Donner Summit next week - I will be considered in Northern California!

Mammoth (Lakes) was the entry way town into the John Muir and Ansel Adams Wilderness. Shuttle buses are used to transport hikers into this area.

This is the type of locker system that is used in the "established" campgrounds of Red's Meadows and Tuolumne Meadows of Yosemite National Park

 

 In the Ansel Adam Wilderness about a mile off the PCT trail
Looking above the 100 foot falls.

It is actually called the Devil's Postpile and is a National Monument that was originally part of the Yosemite National Park. To stand under the 60-foot-high sheer wall and realize that it was arranged "naturally"....is amazing!

These next set of photos were taken from June 30 and through July 4th. The John Muir Trail (JMT) and the PCT are combined trail routes most of the way in the High Sierra. However, when they separated - I followed the JMT. ( it connected again to the PCT before Tuolumne Meadows.) This I did because it was noted to be more scenic. I purchased a separate map and marked off all the lakes I passes. This lake is Garnett.