There are beautiful places all over the country, but not many quite like this, and only forty minutes from town, accessed by a road that cuts under dramatic ten thousand foot peaks. Our Portland friends got a taste of the little known wilderness of Idaho's Smoky Mountains their first night in town. We made good on the fair weather. If we had waited till Sat. we would have been packing up in a cool drizzle. And we all know how that feels. 
This was my second trip to the Norton Lakes and it turned out to be the perfect distance. A five mile loop with under 2000 feet of elevation gain. I did overlook the fact that at 9000 feet there would be considerable huffing and puffing for Portlanders living at sea level. Nothing PBR couldn't fix.
Gotta love beer camping! Mark carried the bag of empties the remaining miles out of the mountains, clanging around like a frightened tourist wearing bear bells. He smelled like a lush.
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