We ended up going to Loon Lake. Great trip! If any other newbies want advice on this trip hit me up. All we had to do was stop at the ranger station on HWY 50 and they handed over a fire permit for our stove and answered all our questions. We hiked around Loon Lake, Pleasant Lake and camped at Spider Lake. We had Spider Lake all to ourselves! We then thought about going in further but this was our first trip together so we hiked back down to Pleasant Lake and spent all Sunday there swimming, fishing and snoozing. I tried my new lightweight Tenkara fishing gear out for the first time, with no luck. Should have brought a spincast. Tenkara will be great for streams but for a huge lake it was limiting. Anyways we spent the night there and then hiked out Monday morning.

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