Saturday, August 18, 2012

Cedar Lake hike

We drove 10 miles down a VERY bumpy road (plus 6 miles where we took a wrong turn because the raod was not marked) to get to the Cedar Lake trailhead.  Interesting hike.  Very gentle at first, then we had to hike over a saddle and then down to the lake.  Beautiful and we were the only ones there.  The wildflowers were the most spectacular we've ever seen on a hike.  They were late-blooming because this is so high--around 7500 feet.  We were surprised there was no snow.

And this is a view of the fire from our deck.  Lots of smoke yesterday.  Interestingly, you can only see the flames at night.