
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.