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0018 From Highway 395, we turned up Rock Creek Road into the Rock Creek Recreation Area and headed for Mosquito Flat
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0029 The Mosquito Flat Trailhead for Little Lakes Valley was up above 10,000 feet, so it was perfect for elevation acclimation
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0033 We lucked out and got a perfect parking spot near Rock Creek and the Little Lakes Valley Trailhead
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0036 Rock Creek flowing well near the Little Lakes Valley Trailhead from the footbridge to the backpacker walk-in camp
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0047 Zoomed-n view of Pyramid Peak, Bear Creek Spire, and Pipsqueak Spire from the Little Lakes Valley Trail
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0059 Mack Lake and a view up Little Lakes Valley, with Mount Morgan (13748 feet elevation) on the left
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0070 Pyramid Peak and Bear Creek Spire (13726 feet elevation) from the Little Lakes Valley Trail
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0092 The view of Rock Creek out the back window of the Rav4 as we woke up in the Little Lakes Valley Trailhead parking lot
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0098 We decided to dayhike the Little Lakes Valley Trail to go fishing and to get acclimated to elevation
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0105 Vicki looking down at Mack Lake from the Little Lakes Valley Trail, with Bear Creek Spire in the distance, center
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0115 Picture of me in front of Marsh Lake on the Little Lakes Valley Trail - there were too many reeds to go fishing there
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0116 Marsh Lake in Little Lakes Valley, as cumulus clouds begin to form over the Sierra Crest
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0124 Heart Lake is the next lake in the chain as we continue south on the Little Lakes Valley Trail
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0126 Vicki crossing a wooden bridge over the creek that descends from Ruby Lake to Heart Lake
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0129 Heart Lake panorama, from the Little Lakes Valley Trail, with Mount Morgan and Little Lakes Peak on the left
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0182 View south over Long Lake from the Little Lakes Valley Trail with Bear Creek Spire, Pip-Squeak Spire, and Mount Abbot
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0188 We continued a bit further along Long Lake on the Little Lakes Valley Trail, looking for a spot for lunch
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0193 The shore of Long Lake, where we ate some lunch and I got out my tenkara fly rod - Vicki wanted trout for dinner
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0213 I caught a small Rainbow Trout in Long Lake with my tenkara fly rod, and we put it on a stringer
