Wednesday, August 7. The Sawtooth Ridge and Matterhorn Peak from camp shortly after I arrived ... with a little shower on the way.

I did a little exploring before dinner. This little flat below the road may be where I crash camped in 1982. It's just outside the marked "camping in designated sites" area and less than a half mile south of the campground.

Campsite 9 at Honeymoon Flat.

Looking almost due south from the camp area. Crater Crest right, Tamerack Peak and Peak 11720 are the high things in the center distance. Green Lake is just beyond these.

Robinson Creek near camp. I'll be seeing lots of Robinson Creek in the next few days.

Thursday, August 8. As I was beginning to pack up, I had a Stellar's Jay on my tent poles. I didn't *quite* get the camera out in time to shoot him before he took off.

From the campground, I went to the Mono Village Resort on Twin Lakes, parked (for a fee), and headed out on the Robinson Creek Trail. I'm just past the resort here, in the first meadows and pine forests. I took almost the identical picture in 1982 (now badly faded).

I think the thing on the left is Mt. Walt.

Thirty minutes after leaving the car (with some time for readjusting my load, picture taking, and sign reading), I'm finally at the wilderness boundary. Jeffery pine forest.

It opens up into sage flats fairly soon.

Orthocarpus cuspidatus (toothed owl's clover) along the Robinson Creek Trail.

Castilleja linariifolia (desert paintbrush) on the Robinson Creek Trail. As is common for paintbrushes, the identification is in the leaves.

Looking up Little Slide Canyon. Mt. Walt is on the left now. Some pines, some firs, some aspens in the forest across Robinson Creek.

Barney Lake (8250'). Crown Point at the center right.

Lilium parvum (alpine lily). The first of many I'm going to see over the next few days.

Cornus sericea (creek dogwood), already starting to show some color. Lots of creek dogwoods all along Robinson Creek from Barney Lake up.

The upper end of Barney Lake. There's a nice (if perhaps buggy) campsite at the right ... if you can make your way down the rocks from the trail to get there.

The Barney Lake meadow from higher up. Buckeye Ridge behind.

Erythranthe erubescens (California blushing monkeyflower). At one time these were included in E. lewisii (Lewis Monkeyflower) but Jepson broke the lighter Sierra Nevada group out in 2018. The first of several of these I saw on the trip. All were fairly pale like these.

There were two crossings of Robinson Creek, one just above and one just below 8500'. This, the upper on, required I change into my water shoes. While the water was flowing energetically, it was only mid calf deep and fairly easy. This turned out to be the "worst" crossing on the trip.

The junction with the Peeler Lake Trail. It's clear where to go, but the sign could use a little TLC.

I camped at Lower Robinson Lake, but I scouted a bit before picking a site. This is from the trail a bit farther east from where I eventually landed. The gap is the lake's outlet (to Robinson Creek).

My Robinson Lake camp. The lake is straight ahead.

Upper Robinson Lake is nearby. It's more boggy. but there are a few spots on the far side.

The broad view of Lower Robinson Lake from my campsite.