In case you think I'm telling you a tall fish tail, here is one of the aforementioned fish. This sizable specimen would make someone a nice dinner.

Andra filmed several fish moving around in the creek in this entertaining short movie. How many fish do you see?

The weather forecast for tomorrow has gotten a lot worse. They are now predicting a thunderstorm with 80% chance of rain Thursday and 40% chance of snow Friday. Although this is not a huge issue, packing out wet gear is always annoying. I'd prefer storms not land on the last two days of a trip so things can dry out.

After some discussion Wednesday night, we decided to leave a day early. I figured day hiking for miles over a high pass during a heavy storm would not be fun, and if we just hung out in camp today and then left Friday, what would that accomplish? We got up early in an attempt to pack up before it started raining. You can see the leading edge of the storm system pushing in over the mountains as we pack camp.