(J6)  To Evolution Basin:  Here's a view of Evolution Valley with McClure Meadow (where we camped the night before) in the center of the picture just to the right of the cloud shadow.

(J7) Below Evolution Valley:  Pat, Xander, and Monroe taken by Jason on the way back from taking the previous image (J6).

(X6)  Evolution Lake:  Monroe, Pat, and Jason in front of Evolution Lake after the long climb from Goddard Canyon.

(X7)  Mount Mendel:  Here's the tall shot showing how dang tall Mount Mendel is above Evolution Lake in the background.  The cliffs slope up to Mount Darwin on the right.  There's actually a tent next to Xander's left shoulder.  It is so dwarfed by the cliffs, however, that it only takes up a few pixels and is indistinguishable from a rock.

(P9)  Sapphire Lake:  Xander, Pat, and Monroe in front of Sapphire lake on the way through Evolution Basin to Wanda Lake.

(P10)  Lake Before Wanda Lake:  Xander, Pat, and Jason in front of an unnamed lake on their way up to Wanda.

(J8)  The Wanda Lake Storm:  We had some exciting weather while at Wanda lake for the night.  In this image you can see dark clouds moving in.  They're coming over Muir Pass, and have partially obscured the mountain behind the pass.  At this point, we thought that the storm was moving North (to the left in this picture).  We were right.  Partially.  The storm was ALSO moving slightly to the west, right toward us.

    As you might expect, this was exciting!  As the winds whipped up, Pat noticed that the larger tent had become unstaked and was blowing away!  As he turned to run for it he pointed and said, "There's a rainbow."

(J9)  The Wanda Lake Rainbow:  In an elapsed time of about 3 seconds, Xander jumped into this picture and I snapped it before helping Pat chase the tent.

(X8)  Wanda Lake Storm:  We all huddled in the tents during the storm, and held them down and held them in SHAPE so that they didnt break on us.  Then Jason thought he heard Monroe shout his name, so he made Xander hold up the tent and ran out to see if the other crew was ok.  It was sooooo cool out there!  The trailing edge of the storm was super sharp, such that there was just a huge dark gray mass and then blue sky beyond it.  The other tent was ok, but it looked so cool out there that Jason made Xander take this picture of him, while it was still hailing, but it looks weird 'cause its dark and hailing where we are, but there's blue sky over those mountains to the South, behind Jason.

(J10)  Wanda Lake:  Here's Jason and Pat (left to right) after climbing a huge hill and surveying the terrain on both sides.  Wanda lake is behind the camera, and beyond the hill that Jason and Pat are on is Mt. Wallace.  What?  You don't see Jason and Pat in this picture?  Look closer!

(J11)  Jason and Pat:  This is a closeup of Jason and pat from the previous image.  Jason is on the left (you can tell because he's wearing dark clothes while Pat has on a white sweatshirt).  We REALLY wished we had brought a camera when we climbed up there, but we didn't.  Too late!

(J12)  Wanda Lake:  Pat and Xander in front of Wanda Lake at sunset.