Day 7: Madison Spring

Dibble was taking the 9:30am cog railway up to the summit, so we left Lakes Hut at 8:30, aiming to meet up around 10am.

MacGyver built a radar installation here. It was weird to stumble across this in the middle of the alpine wilderness. It slowly rotates it’s death ray around.

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Here’s one of the namesake lakes with Washington looming over us in the distance.

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The line of sight between Lakes of the Clouds and the summit is deceptive. It looks like a half-hour scramble, but really takes about 3 times that long.

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After reaching the summit and visiting the Tip Top House, Dibble’s train arrived, and he had a birthday cake in stow.

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Happy birthday, Laurie!!

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Before leaving the summit, we visited the 9/11 Memorial Geocache and dropped off a rock decorated by Dibble’s son, Sawyer.

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On the way down, Maurice decides to end it all.

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Luckily the cog train only goes 5 MPH and I was able to talk him down in time.

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It was a pretty serious hike from Washington to Clay to Jefferson to Adams. Doesn’t Harrison look serious?

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The rain finally caught up with us before reaching Madison. But the wind dried us off pretty well as we picked carefully over the minefield of boulders that constituted a “trail.” The fun ended at the front door of Madison Spring Hut aka the Mad House.

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We ended our night at Madison Hut with one of the Young Marines beating Moe, Emily, and Harrison at Scrabble. It’s nice to be humbled once in a while!

3 thoughts on “Day 7: Madison Spring”

  1. Obviously, dear boy, you have not heard about illegal immigration by parachuting onto the Lakes of the Clouds Hut !!

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