Our campsite situation began as a fiasco and has ended as a bit of a disappointment; we did, however, enjoy two extremely nice sites this past week. Arriving late Thursday night we were surprised to find our supposedly reserved site already occupied. We spent the night at the horse corral (group site with a place for horses to stay), which was fine until our sleep was interrupted by others arriving around 4:30 am and setting up camp in the same location. As a side note, it amazes me that the National Park System not only allows horse riding on all trails, but even includes specific horse infrastructure, while banning bicycles from all roads and trails except paved roads (of which there is only one in the park). Hopefully that will all change soon.
Fortunately, the following morning we found campers who were moving out of their site, and so we moved in. The site was incredible, right on the beach. Above photo shows where I chose to pitch my tent, an amazing place to sleep under the stars, awakening right next to the lake in the morning. Monday morning we filled our packs with everything for the next few days and hiked out to Snag lake to spend Monday and Tuesday night. We managed to get a number of plots finished up out in that remote section of the park while we stayed at Snag lake. The experience was incredible, hiking everything you need in is strenuous but enjoyable. The best part of the trip was choosing our incredible site right on the edge of Snag Lake. Just a short walk away was our own personal beach, and we saw only a few people the entire three days we were there.
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