First Jackpacking trip!

Just back from a 3 day trip to Hoover Wilderness, just NE of Yosemite, near Bridgeport CA.  Jack did his first backpacking trip with a musical friend of mine, Chris and me.  The aspen were incredible!

Jack carried about 4lbs, he had the water filter, kibble and some cookies in his pack.  We climbed from the trailhead at about 7500' to just about 9000' at Green Lake, up the Green Creek Valley

He seemed to really enjoy the trail, as he usually does.  There were a few things to get used to, like being out after dark (!!), sleeping in a tent, eating bits of the human's leftovers (yum!).
As you might expect, he's got a great sense of where a vague trail goes.  If he's ahead on point, and he misses the trail, he stops and looks at me (yes!).  Once when Chris and I were talking, we almost took the wrong fork in the trail, but Jack just seemed to know the right way to go.

Great alpenglow just after sunset on the first night.

Second day we climbed up to West Lake, another steep climb of about 1500'.  There was a fair amount of rocky stuff we had to cross on this leg, and I think Jacks feet got a little sore from it.

We saw trout spawning in the shallows of this lake, and Jack thought he'd try to bring us back some trout for dinner.  He got soaked, but no trout were harmed.

We're all back after a very long and dusty car ride, and Jack got his 2cc DOCP injection today.  Bath later, and probably a solid nap, with great memories.