September 17 & 18, 2005
Vicki and Jim D were treated to a full moon rising
over the Sierras as they drove up Friday night
Saturday morning found Jim D, Vicki with their son JD and Granddaughter
Stasha, Al & Kathy,
Richard and Jim L, Tom and prospective member Tim at the Gold Lake campsite


We drove from Gold Lake down Gold Lake Highway to Sardine Lakes.

Richard and Jim L scouted a trail our of Sardine Lake,

while the rest of us followed the paved road to Packer Saddle.
We drove south along the Sierra Buttes Trail.
We stopped for lunch at a spot Tom and Al had picked out on their scouting trip.
There were trails leading off in different directions, just waiting to be explored.

Looking up at Sierra Buttes you can see the Fire Lookout Tower


Tim discovered that his front was not in four wheel drive

Richard makes it look easy

Tim
tightening a loose bolt and reconnecting the
vacuum line for his front four wheel drive

The view above Deer Lake

Stopping for a pose under the fallen tree

Because it is there

Sunday morning all packed up

