We walked through more wonderfully strewn wildflowers and herbs all morning. After a steady uphill, we soon hit some ATV roads where we became directionally adrift for 30 minutes. We found cairns which settled our debate about which way to go, until not much later when we briefly lost the trail again.
Strangely enough, a Ranger appeared which we used as an opportunity to gripe about the lack of trail markers in an area that is totally compromised by ATV roads. He responded by wasting our time with some elementary quiz on wildernesses etiquette, making me super impatient. Once we got moving again, I returned to my hiking bliss. 
We hit a trailhead at Carson Pass by 11:45, where there was a visitor center that provided hikers with free oranges and water. Danger and I then booked it for the next 5.8 miles to Showers Lake, which was a relatively popular spot for resting and swimming. I climbed over some lakeside rocks and found a private nook to serve as our little beach where we swam and dried out in the sun with Gravy for a couple hours.
The afternoon held a steep but quick ascent in sand and a downhill to a creek for dinner. Danger had packed in a surprise heath bar for us to share; what a doll. We ended our nearly perfect day with camping at a nearby second creek crossing. The terrain is beautiful here, especially just north of Carson Pass where we saw wild irises among a lot of other flowers, and moments later some short but steep snow patches. I didn’t notice how steep it was until I slipped on a sharply angled section and slid downwards; my body registered some small amount of danger and adrenaline flow before I realized that some of these sections are still a bit dicey if I’m not careful.
Gravy, Danger and I are completely obsessed with getting into South Lake Tahoe in the early morning to have a debilitating large breakfast at Denny’s or IHOP. All IHOP talk, all the time. I’m going to make myself sick probably but I don’t care.
IHOP or bust.
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