1.7-mile stroll across a footbridge over the Tuolumne River to a rocky beach along its shore, with wonderful views of Cathedral Peak, Unicorn Peak, the Cockscomb, and Echo Peaks to the south and Lembert Dome to the north. From there we continued on to the Soda Spring Cabin, a small log cabin built by John Baptiste Lembert over a bubbling, naturally carbonated spring, surrounded by a cluster of mineral-crusted, rust-red puddles.