Nice report, good pictures - especially on a big monitor
On my HST trip, I also chose to continue on to Hamilton Lake the first day. "It's only three more miles, how hard can that be?" was my thought, too. Turns out there is an unexpected bit of up and down included that makes it a tough 3 miles at the end of a day.
I didn't see any deer at Hamilton Lk, but Rogue Photonic reported one following him when he went off to pee -- they must really crave the minerals there.
