Oh Yosemite June 2022 Polly Dome Lake- Day 3

Well, I have to hand it to the pros, John and Jeff were right, the lower altitude did have me feeling much better and somehow, the mosquitos managed to stay out of my tent all night, so I had another great night of sleep. It was cloudy and sprinkled a little in the early hours. Glad I got up and looked at the stars at Ten Lakes. Our plan for today was to try and make it to Poly Dome Lake. It is off our main trail by about half a mile or so, but we had heard great things about it. After a big breakfast we headed out to get a start at our climb for the day: a steady climb of 1600 feet over about 4 miles. We followed up the stream to a turnaround crossing the stream which doubled us back on the other side of the hill. There were some pretty cascading waterfalls on this section before we crossed the stream and headed back up. We had some great views of the meadow we stayed in, as well as the steep descent we had made the day before.