Day 51: Etna
August 25th, 2018 Marble Valley cabin mm 1623.5 to Etna Road mm 1599.5 Distance: 24 miles 0600-1500 Today was about the oddest of combination of events, a mix of great trail and town shenanigans. I was in the mood to have a little fun, but more about that later. The trail did not disappoint, with alpine lakes, switchbacks and a roller-coaster of a day. Perhaps one of the highlights was coming to Martin pond, which should have been named Salamander pond. It was choc-a-block with these red bellied salamanders, which I still haven’t positively identified. I caught one in Oregon and couldn’t resist catching (and then releasing) one from this pond. I discovered that I could lure them over to[…]
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