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| | Hiking | 5.00 Miles | 4 Hrs | | 1.25 mph |
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| no partners | | My brother and I started out at 9:30 AM. We should have started about an hour earlier as the sun got pretty hot toward the end even though you're at 5000 feet. We took part of the trail through the riparian area and then veered right up on where the old railroad tracks were. There were lots of birds (including cormorants which I hadn't seen since my visit to Sanibel, FL a few years ago) and some wildflowers along the trail which follow the lake part of the way.
There were beautiful bumble bees hanging out on some of the thistle flower (weed) tops along with butterflies and some dragon flies. There were even a few squash plants which we thought was a bit odd. At various places on the trail are part of the old railroad track. There are great viewpoints of the lake as you walk along and various informative signs.
As we walked along the well-groomed trail the breeze would come up off and on which made the hike more comfortable. It is a great hike you could obviously do at a lot faster pace than we did but it was our first hike on that side of the lake so we have a tendency to overdo it on the pictures and just taking it all in. In fact, my brother got just a little annoyed that I was taking so many pictures of these tree snags in the lake that had quite a few birds resting on them... we ended up calling them the family trees which is ironic as I am working on our family tree, ha! |
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For me, sometimes it's just as much about the journey as the destination.
Oh, and once in awhile, don't forget to look back at the trail you've traveled. |
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