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02917 The Ranger's Note about the bear was correct - I chased it like I was going to eat it, and it left me alone
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02915 As usual, I sat on my air mattress while cooking and eating my simple dinner of Chicken Ramen
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02913 I set up my tent in the afternoon shade, filtered water from the lake, and got ready for a peaceful night
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02911 Peak 12423 towers above the first of the Kearsarge Lakes - this is a popular area with many campsites
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02906 That log across the path showed where the turn-off for the Kearsarge Lakes left the Bullfrog Lake Trail
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02894 It was a bit breezy so I decided not to fish in Bullfrog Lake - I really wanted to get to camp
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02891 Purple Shooting Star flowers along the shore of beautiful Bullfrog Lake in the Kearsarge Basin
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02888 Bullfrog Lake, Kearsarge Pinnacle Number 12, and the two Videttes from the Bullfrog Lake Trail
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02883 Bullfrog Lake appeared as I topped a ridge, and Kearsarge Pass was visible on the left
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02874 I left the PCT, and had three miles to hike on the Bullfrog Lake Trail to the Kearsarge Lakes
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02873 It had been a hot climb in the afternoon sun, up to the Kearsarge Pass turnoff at Bullfrog Lake
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02863 View south from PCT mile 790 of Center Peak, East Vidette, Deerhorn Mountain, and West Vidette
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02855 I said goodbye to Felipe (and a Danish couple) as he was taking a zero day and I would be hiking onward
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02851 West Vidette on the left as I climb the many switchbacks out of Vidette Meadow toward Bullfrog Lake
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02849 Looking back up the Bubbs Creek Valley with East Vidette on the right and Center Peak, center
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02844 Ranger note about the bear causing trouble at the Kearsarge Lakes area - chase it like you want to eat it!
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02843 Trail signs where the Rae Lakes Loop trail heads down Bubbs Creek toward Roads End at PCT mile 789
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02835 I arrived at the large camping area above Vidette Meadow where the PCT meets the Rae Lakes Loop Trail
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02827 Video of Bubbs Creek cascading down a granite waterfall along the Pacific Crest Trail
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02814 Video of me catching a trout in Bubbs Creek from a big boulder at Pacific Crest Trail mile 787
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02812 I caught a small Golden-Rainbow Hybrid Trout in Bubbs Creek, and let it go again unharmed
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02803 I decided to take another break, this time for some Trout Fishing with my Tenkara Road
