Consolidating to just 3 cars we headed up the rough Carr/Feely Lakes Road. Hiking were Tiana, both Marilyns, Akiko, Selma, Maureen, Jo, Becky, Jeff, Stan, Grace, Paula, John and Elly, and big surprise: Walt!! And quite a hikers he was, too. Semi-blindly following someone in front of him all the way to Penner.
The late wildflowers greeted us all along the trail: phlox, penstemon, columbine, mariposa lilies, buckwheat, stickseed, and bushes such as spirea. The sky was pristine blue and the views were fabulous. Neon blue dragon flies mated by the lake, either while flying or clinging to the rushes. A stump had been hollowed by insects to resemble a mesa fairy dwelling.
After a leisurely lunch in the cool breeze of the lake, we hiked back down the trail, meeting Stan where he had stopped by Island Lake. We had hiked 7.25 miles. We talked about the three lakes: Angela, Azalea, and Flora (?) for next week. I like that hike from the Highway 40 side but am not sure about the trail in places. John and I will go unless our daughter is having her baby that day. We are sorry that our yahoo readers didn't get their email notice last week. We just couldn't get it to go through. If you are wondering you can always just go to the notanotherhill blog site which is always on line and accessed most easily by bookmarking it.
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