Back at Acorn Campground with a spectacular views from site 53 of the hills and lake. There weren't too many folks here over the weekend.
Most folks were in sites 60-67. The only large group was a boy scout troop at sites 33-35. So, it was a very quiet camp for us.
Our first hike (Saturday), we headed back to a place we hiked once before. We were shocked to see the water this low. We don't know if they emptied the lake in preparation for this winter's rains or if this is a result of not enough rain this past winter.
We took the Black Bear Loop over to Cougar Point Trail.
I'm standing close to the edge. I have to remember that at this area there is a picnic table, which makes for a great place to eat lunch.
What looks like large sticks are trees. This is looking across the cove from the point.
While we climbed down to let Meeks have a drink of water, a couple of kayakers were enjoying their time exploring by water.
On the way back up to the trail, we stopped to look at this rock formation which looks like a tree had turned to petrified wood.
Heading back to camp, we spotted our RV. The picnic table for the site is to the right. To get to the table it is a steep and short climb. They need to get the boy scouts to do a scout project of building steps into the short hillside from the parking pad to the level ground by the picnic table. We got back in time before a light rain started.
After a peaceful night of rest and a yummy breakfast of hash browns with eggs( I just had veggies with my browns), we headed off to do a longer hike than the day before.
We started from the campground and took the Heron Point Trail down to just one of many points along the trail. This section of the trail that leads to this point isn't on the map, but there is a trail that extends from the main trail to this point. Again, we were shocked at how low the water had gotten. I'm somewhere down there looking for a good spot for Meeks to drink some water.
After exploring this point, we headed back to the main trail and hiked around the Heron Point to Redtail Trail.
This oak tree looks like a large bonsai to us. From Redtail Trail, we took Ringneck Run over to the Lupine area.
Along the Ringneck Run and very close to the Lupine Day Use area sits this huge truck tire. We wondered how it got there. Maybe at one time the water covered this area of grassy land and as the water receded the tire that was once floating here sank to this spot; or, a group of kids rolled the tire up to this spot from another location closer to the lake. It just looks so weird sitting in this location. We finished our hike by picking up the Black Bear Loop by the dump station to head back to the campground.
Next morning (Monday), we awoke to a beautiful blue sky. Our last hike was a short one from Heron Point Trail to the Park's Entrance Station and back. The hike along the trail gave us an excellent view of the lake and bridge. We have driven across that bridge many time to get over to the Glory Hole Campgrounds, which is one of our favorite places to winter camp.
