Gem Lake Backpacking Trip

Noah and Dad did a quick backpack trip up to Gem Lake in the Alpine Lakes wilderness area off of Snoqualmie Pass.  It's a bit farther than Snow Lake, which is one of the most popular destinations in the Northwest.  Fortunately we left fairly early on Friday morning, found a good campsite, and had the place mostly to ourselves.  The number of people we passed on our way down though on Saturday that were headed up to Snow Lake was astonishing.