This hike was another leap of faith in weather.com, because it wasn’t a pretty day when we left. The hiking gods were smiling upon us once we reached the Monte Cristo trail head. We had hiked this trail last October and really enjoyed this early summer version. Here is a link to last years hike (click here).
The weather was almost perfect and we made very good time down the trail before the river crossing.
In fact, we made it to the Monte Cristo town site much earlier than I expected. It being a weekend day, there was a lot of folks enjoying the trail and we didn’t linger at the town site very long. I had taken a lot of pictures last year but I experimented with some alternate shots. I really like the one with bogie and the old lodge sign!
After we reached the Monte Cristo town site this time, we decided to venture down the Poodle Dog Pass trail. I knew that we would get there or even the Silver / Twin Lakes because of snow pack. However, I wanted to check it out for a future hike sometime mid summer.
We passed by Sunday Falls but I didn’t find a position that afforded me a very good picture of it. The trail was nice but we eventually turned around before reaching the lakes (because of the snow pack). I still had memories of trudging waist deep in snow from the Mount Dickerman hike. Plus, I knew that I wouldn’t be able to get any good pictures because ... I DROPPED MY CAMERA INTO A BIG MUDDY PUDDLE!
Here you can see a very nice shot with soggy camera innards. 
I have been upgrading my point and shoot camera every year for awhile now. So now I’ll be moving from the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1 to Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS6. I didn’t want to have to learn a whole new camera and the reviews for it are kick ass! I do hope the big moisture drop in the middle of the lens on my ZS1 clears up but looking forward to using this new model!
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