Sunday, April 19, 2009

Proud Lake Hike, 4/18

I'm breaking up the story of the bad trip with a story of a good one.

Yesterday Kristine and I hiked at Proud Lake state park. It was the first time I'd been there without fishing for the stockers.

Early spring doesn't get any finer--seventy degrees, sunny, wildflowers just beginning to emerge. As cold as this spring has been, the warmth was more than welcome.

There's not much I can say about the trip that pictures won't say better.

Cowslips were on the verge of blooming. This one was a little ahead of its peers.



These guys were everywhere. My guidebook is MIA, so I can't say exactly what they are.



A couple of rainbows holding just in front of the dam below Moss Lake.



An attempt to photograph a much larger trout. Couldn't pick up the fish, but the reflection of the overhanging dead tree was cool.


Today we have clouds and highs of fifty. Back to our regularly scheduled April.

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