Shaver Family Photos

The Y's Hikers

My brother and I started hiking when we were teens in the Lancaster /Palmdale/ Quart Hill area of  California.  The group we hiked with was the Y's Hikers, a YMCA sponsored hiking group.  We went on a nine day hike each year in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California,and many shorter hikes during the year.  I have been able to contact some of our old hiking friends, like the Lowrys, and Wendy (Teuscher) Schaefer, but others are not so easy to find. This post is up so that if some of them google on their name or image, they might run across an old photo of themselves or their old hiking buddies, and drop me a line.  Between Byron, Conrad, and Mark Lowry, Mike Shaver, Wendy, and myself we have put together trip reports and photo collections of some of our old trips.

Jim Lawrence, James Lawrence.

Mike Powell, Michael Powell

Dean Ranger

John Laine and Tom Curry

Rob Culbertson, Dean Ranger, Bill Morse

Kevin Anderson

Bob Shaver, John Laine, Kevin Anderson

Kane Lake, Aug 2006

I went with my son Jim, our dog Ginger, and friends Kerry and Erin to one of our favorite lakes, Kane Lake in the Pioneer Range of Idaho.  The scenery was great, but the fish were busy spawning and not jumping into a frying pan like usual.  What was feeding like crazy were the mosquitoes!  However, the views were worth it for me. It was also pretty nice drinking a good cup of coffee sitting on a mountain meadow teaching my son to fly fish at the lakeshore.  How do you get a nice cup of jo in the mountains?  I used my new French press that works inside a Nalgene bottle.  That is a nice piece of equipment.

Olympic Beach Hike

I have recently been teaching my daughter about ballet, and she is getting almost as good as me.  These photos of ballet on the beach and beach camping are from our backpack to the Olympic coast.   

Camp on the beach:

Sawtooth Lake

If there is one lake in the Sawtooths you have to see, it is Sawtooth Lake.  My wife and I visited the lake 15 years ago, and again this past weekend.  Its about a 5 mile hike, and another mile around the lake to the best campsites, with about 1700' in elevation gain.  On this trip, our daughter Ciera (14) and son Jim (9) joined us.   The scenery didn't disappoint, and we were reminded of the cobalt blue of this deep lake, the biggest in the Sawtooths.  The lake is at 8500', which could have resulted in lows close to freezing.  It didn't freeze, but it was cold.  We camped below 10,200' Mt. Regan, shown in the third photo, which is a peak that Tuckie and I climbed pretty close to the summit 15 years ago.  This time we decided to sleep in and read books all day. 

Kane Lake Trip '05

Here is what I got to do last weekend.  My nine year old son Jim, myself and my friend Josh hiked in to a lake in the Pioneer Range in Idaho, at 9200' in elevation.  It was a 3 mile hike, with 1600 feet of elevation gain.  We caught fish, saw mountain goats, were bitten by a few mosquitos, were chased by ferocious grizzly bears (OK, I made that one up) hiked up a nearby ridge, and saw some pretty nice scenery.

We pondered the philosophical question of whether there is any beneficial aspect at all to mosquitoes and ticks.  We figured that mosquitoes fed the fish, but what good are ticks to anything?

Toxaway Loop Hike

I went on a fun trip the weekend of Aug 21-22.  It started a bit differently, as we hiked in to Farley Lk in the dark.  My Petzl headlamp was great, and so light.  Next day we camped at Toxaway Lk, and caught a few fish.  Next day we went over 9000' Snowyside pass, and camped at Alice Lake.  Fish were jumping there, but were picky about striking dry flies or lures.  This loop, which starts and ends at Petit Lake in the Sawtooths of Idaho, is about an 18 mile round trip, doable as a tough day hike, or a moderate 3 or 4 day hike.

The Crazies: Kerry, Bob, Mike, Gill, Curtis, and dog Ginger

Ran into friends Josh, Bryan, Kristen, and Ginger on Snowyside Pass.

 

Kerry waded (I call it a swim because he was wet to his neck) out to a submerged ledge to try to get to the fish in deep water at Alice Lake.

Morning sun hitting the peaks around Alice Lake.