I was a little sore and tired after the 28th, so I took Monday off. By Tuesday I was back to running (Mount Spokane, 4.5 miles), but I was still sore and very, very slow. Wednesday was back to normal--Iller Creek to Big Rock and back on the creek-side trail (6 miles in 54:57) and it felt great! This was the first time Ashley & Elizabeth made it to the top without walking, and they were so excited about it! I took Thursday off in preparation for the weekend backpack trip: Enchantments!
I had the early-morning carpool to Leavenworth--our task was to claim some good car-camping for Friday night (those Leavenworth campgrounds always fill so early!), pick up our permits, and find a nice little dayhike to do in the afternoon. We settled on the Icicle River Loop Trail, a distance of only 4 miles and a very nice, easy hike.
Saturday and Sunday were the main events: we met at the Snow Lake trailhead at 7am to begin our hike, hiked in to Snow Lake to set up camp, and then three of us continued up to the Enchantments to Prusik Pass (the other three went as far as the top of the Snow Lake trail and the Lower Enchantments. I determined it was about a 13.9 mile day, although we later had reason to believe that the mileage listed for Snow Lake was incorrect. On Sunday four of us woke up at 4am to return to the Enchantment Zone, this time to hike to the top of Aasgard Pass. We took our time and took tons of pictures, and then we returned (down that dreaded Snow Lake Trail!) to camp to pack up and head for home. It was at this point that we were convinced that the distance indicated on the map was wrong--it says 6.5 miles, but it took us over 4 hours to come down from the lakes. We actually ran the last portion of the trail, too. There's no way 6.5 miles should take so long.
Weekly mileage: 10.5 running & 33.4 hiking
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