July 28, 2013

Today was a beautiful day! We thought we'd get out, take a hike, and enjoy the peace and solitude. Unfortunately, it seemed as if everyone else had the same idea. We drove up to the trailhead for Thunderbird Falls. This is a nice two mile round trip hike. Upon nearing the parking lot trailhead, it was obvious that neither peace nor solitude would be found here. There were cars everywhere! The parking lot was full and people had parked along both sides of the road. We decided to leave this hike for another day and so we headed down toward Mirror Lake.

This 62 acre lake is about thirty minutes north of our home.

 Mirror Lake State Wayside Park was full of people out sunning and swimming. We drove up to the boat launching area.

It was much quieter here with only a handful of others enjoying the beautiful scenery.

 This lake has a maximum depth of about 10 feet and is supposed to be only 6 feet deep in most parts. We had no tackle or else we would have tried to catch something. There are trout and grayling in this lake.

Instead we just walked around, played in the water, and enjoyed the beautiful surroundings.

 We topped off this great afternoon by treating ourselves to burgers on the way back to Anchorage.