Up in the Mountains Again

So decided to go for a short hike on Sunday & get back in time for the Super Bowl, not that I am a big football fan, but do like to watch the Last game of the season.  This time in the opposite side of the Valley from yesterdays hike.  The Mtns in the first picture of yesterdays blog is where I went.

The hwy I drove up

Great views of the valley & quite a few small towns up in the Mountains.  The trail was by Lake Gregory.  There was a town called Crestline, the sign said 8000+ population.

The trail going in

I took these pictures of the trail going in but forgot to get pics of the great big cedar trees in the forest along the trail.  I think the creek was called Strawberry, I'll have to look when I get home as I am in the coffee shop again.  The modem should be here today.  Actually its nice to come down to the coffee shop every day.  I think there was a picture posted in one of my earlier blogs last week or so. 
Then I got to a small falls about 3/4 of mile down the trail.  I spent all afternoon carving a heart in the rock (Valentines present for Victoria).

Short hike but was quite nice.  The elevation is around 7000' so was cool up there.  Leaving I decided to make a loop out of it & come out on the other end where I went up the first week-end I was here.  But the GPS didn't like it & I was hung up for about 45 minutes helping some guys with out a tire wrench change a tire, Only thing I had that fit was a 3/8" drive socket (3/4").  Busted 2 extentions & the rachet doesn't work any more but we finally got the nuts off. Took a 14" cresent wrench for a cheater bar to get the nuts broke, they were tight, tight. 
Anyway after visiting two more lakes & several towns I wasn't quite sure which way to get the hell outa there so turned around a went the way I came.  But by this time it was after 5 pm.  The road at night is quite treacherous & us old folks don't like to drive at night anyway.  Got home just as the Packers were getting the Lombardi Trophy.  Was a fun day though.