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| East Lake |
Woke to bright blue skies and a wee bit of fog over the
lake. Nice. You can finally see the view from our camp…a
lovely reflection in the water to start our day.
After breakfast we walked along the lake
shore watching fishermen get a ticket…local sheriff was out and policing the
waters. We figured that they wanted to
be out in the sunshine too.
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| Uh Oh |
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| Paulina Lake (left) and East Lake (right) |
Once back at camp we thought we’d head back up Paulina
Peak (7985 feet)…since it was ‘clear.’ Well once we
got up the road it was definitely not clear on the Peak. A nice dark cloud started forming right at
the peak.
We didn’t let it stop us from
hiking along the trails since there was more sun than clouds. Stunning views of Paulina Lake and East Lake
even in less than clear skies. At the top of Paulina Peak we followed a couple of trails and found hail in the woods...like we said that 'was some storm' the night before.
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Views from Paulina Peak
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| Clark's Nutcracker...drops his pine nut |
Spoke to
a couple of locals who claim that ‘on a clear day you can see Mount St Helens and
Mount Rainer to the north and Mount Shasta to the south’…hard to believe since
we could barely make out Mount Bachelor and the Three Sisters which are very
close.
Pesky fires are ruining our views.
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| A pesky fire |
Once the rain drops started we took off on a drive along the
Cascade Scenic Byway which happens to be a Forest Service Road. Weird road for a byway since it was totally
straight…not a curve or bend on the thing.
It did travel through a mostly pine forest and had numerous lakes and
campgrounds along the way. Unfortunately
the weather really wasn’t getting any better.
What happened to our sunny skies with 0% chance or precipitation?
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| Hail on Paulina Peak |
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Views toward Mt Bachelor and the Three Sisters
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| Bill and Cooper on rock outcropping |
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