Timothy Lakes :: Uinta Mountains, Utah

Nestled in the middle of nowhere above Duchesne, UT there lies the Timothy Lakes of the Uinta Mountains. Peter had been wanting to do a long backpacking trip for a while so he drew up the plans. Whilst we traveled up over 3000ft in elevation gain we also experienced thousands of flies, a numb toe, a run-in with a moose, trudging through glacial creeks, and then thousands of mosquitos once the flies took a rest for the evening. Overall it was a beautiful 10 mile hike up through the pine flooded mountains and past dozens of dreamy sparkling lakes. And boy did we get a work out!! Not in Peter's weekend plans was a hike that was 80% uphill and a wife who was ill-prepared. But we made it and fished our hearts out as the mosquitos feasted their hearts out. It was honestly miraculous fishing because almost every cast was followed by a surprised, "I got another one!". Once we caught an even 30 fishies, we raced to seek refuge from the mosquitos and ate our dehydrated dinners in our tent then played some Dominion like a couple of nerds. I ate, dominioned, and slept with a cloud of paranoia from the looming bears that I knew were plotting for the perfect timing to come eat me :) But we survived the night! It was the best to wake up in the morning to birds chirping and the fish popping their fish heads up for a morning bite. We caught 15 more fish and hobbled out the merciful 10 miles of downhill. What a beautiful sight our rickety old truck was!
9/10. Would Timothy Lakes again but with a more fit body and some bug spray next time :)