I can usually count on this parking spot to be free up there 🙂
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Diamond Lake, CO
Diamond Lake, we couldn't get permits for here so we went beyond to the open country above.
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A little help from Daddy for the last lfew hundred yards uphill to our camp spot
Found a great spot above middle Diamond Lake
Sunrise, with our little home and Midle Diamond Lake below
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Always a book at the 'table'
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Scrambling around and exploring Middle Diamond Lake
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Pretty nice, pretty close to home. Good reminder what's right around here.
Looking down on Diamond Lake from Middle Diamond.
Pretty good-sized Mtn Lion scat on the rocks above Midle Diamond.
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Decided to make the effort to climb up to Upper Diamond Lake
Almost there, crossing the high meadows to Upper Diamond Lake
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Relaxing at Upper Diamond Lake, a gorgeous alpine lake tucked up against the Contiental Divide.
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Looking back down on Middle Diamond Lake from halfway to Upper Diamond
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Heading down frok Upper Diamond Lake, tucked up under thoe snow patches in the shadows above
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Passing by Diamond Lake on our way down
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Parking job looks silly when no one else is left in the parking area!
Tired bean after a long couple days.
