We woke up to a beautiful day at the campground:

After breakfast, we decided to hike to Elizabeth Lake at the foot of The Unicorn:

The hike up is pretty steep, so we took lots of breaks:

Ahead, The Unicorn loomed:

At last we arrived at the lake:

We decided it would be too much to climb The Unicorn, and I had already climbed to the rump (on the left) in ‘99, so we hiked over to the other lobe of the lake and then back down:

On our way down, I crouched on a rotting log to get a photo of a stump.  A cloud of wasps came out, and I was stung.  We moved down the trail a few hundred yards but a wasp must have already worked its way into our son’s shirt and he was stung as well.  Gotta watch where you stand!

This was a great introduction to the high Sierra for the kids.  Our son said “this is way better than Harrmian (state park, near our home)”

Here are the hike stats: