Hike to Twin Lakes and Margaret Lake

On August 12, 2009 my dad and I hiked up to Twin Lakes and Margaret Lake. These lakes are in the Snoqualmie Pass area. The weather was marginal at best. It was misting at the car but as we gained elevation the rain became more serious. It didn't help matters any that we were walking through a clear cut area where a lot of wet bushes were hanging over the trail. This of course made my pants soaked and my hiking boots wet through too. But it was a great hike and Twin Lakes were really beautiful. It stopped raining just long enough at Twin Lakes for us to have a lunch and take some nice pictures. It didn't really rain after we left Twin Lakes and headed back to the car. Due to the improved weather we decided to hike a short spur trail to Margaret Lake. This was also a very beautiful lake. I love the alpine lakes. But it was cool about 10 deg. C. and about 50 deg. F. so we never got really dried out and had to keep moving to stay warm.
We saw 4 other groups of hikers who were less equipped than us and when it started to rain on the hike back to the car we thought about the poor people hiking up with nothing more than a cotton shirt on. I'm glad I had my rain coat for this hike but I'm also glad I had my camera for the beautiful scenery. Enjoy!