Too Many Mosquitos!!

We took a hike yesterday to Merritt Lake, out past Stevens Pass.

While going up the steep hill, Chunlin asked, "Why do we do this to ourselves?"


While running away from the horde of mosquitos at the lake, I asked, "Why do we do this to ourselves?"


I had expected a pleasant, relaxing lunch and swim at the lake, but it wasn't to be. We only spent about enough time at the lake for me to take three photographs and get out a sandwich to eat while hiking back down the trail. We did pause at a viewpoint about halfway down, however. The mosquitos found us there, too, but there weren't as many.


A word of warning: Don't venture above 4,000' or you won't want to sit, stop walking, or even slow down in the slightest in fear of the massive swarms of hungry biters!