Mason Lake to Rainbow to Tuscohatchie to Kaleetan

What we saw/did
Mason Lake
Little Mason Lake
Mason pond
Mt Defiance
Lake Kulla Kulla

Blazer Lake

Little Rainbow Pond
Rainbow Lake (slept here)

Island Lake

Talapus Lake

Lake Ollalie

Pratt Lake
Lake Tuscohatchie (slept here)

Pratt River

Windy Lake
Lake Kaleetan

Quotes
"I am being carefull-ing"
"Since I am vegan, do I say, I just cut the 'tofu'?"
"Why are you 'tofu-ing' me up?  (buttering)
"Do you need some meat on your bones to stay warm?" "No, I need some tofurkey on these bones."
"You could pass out a squirrel with that fart."
"If we could afford boarding school, would you let me go?"

Details
Lys - 25 lbs of gear
Troy - 43 lbs
Scheris - 34 lbs
Roxy - 12 lbs
19,000 ft elevation changes
28 miles of hiking
When we left Troy weighed his lightest in years, 138lbs.  Being vegan has dropped his body fat to 13%.  I am happy with my 8lb weight loss too. 
First 3.4 miles super hard, steep up hill with TONS of gear. 

Mt Defiance view was TOOO amazing with views of Adams, Baker, Rainier, and Glacier

Friday night - temp was still 75 at 6pm

Saturday night, temp didn't drop below 50, so that was a lucky break, except for the rain.

Saw snakes, butterflies, bees, chipmunks, and bluejays

Ate TONS of wild blueberries and huckleberries
Barely saw anyone in the 54 hour trip, except a few ultra marathoners and a ski club in training
Troy got to take his new watch which allowed him to know temp, elevation and altitude
We all brought 2 books to read this time, which was too much weight
We love our rest from 8:15pm to 8am. 
Troy stepped in a huge mud puddle on day one but fortunately the weather was good enough to dry it out.
We found a hatchet and a machete on this trip.
We love backpacking because we see less people, don't have to listen to obnoxious drunks nor loud music while camping.
We met the Mormon couple Montegomery's from Issaquah 6th ward, great people.
We learned that Alyssa wants to name her two kids, Luke and Mazie.

Photo story

Our pre-staging area - 100 lbs of gear

the area map

Mason Lake

headed up to Mt Defiance

Looking down at Kulla Kulla, Mason, Island and Rainbow

View from Mt Defiance - Mt Rainier

First day's dinner - veggie sandwiches

First night - Rainbow Lake

Blueberries and huckleberries

Pratt lake

Lake Tuscohatchie

Toilet sign and toilet paper

Log crossing over Pratt River

Windy Lake

Lys called this a Toilet Paper Tree

Lake Kaleetan

Second night - Lake Tuscohatchie

Lyssa's good footwork

Last day we had about 20 weather changes from rain to sun

Another great family camping trip!