A Shurflow strainer is a must on any drinking water pump. From $9.12 on Amazon

Hiking near Emerald Lake

We’d been thinking about something for a while, so we filled up two cars and headed out.

I’ll let the pictures do the talking – safe to say it was amazing.


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