Misty Mountain Lakes

Misty Mountain Lakes
            My childhood summers meant camping trips in the Adirondacks. Dad would pack up our tent trailer, hook it up to the station wagon, and our family of six would pile into the car and drive an hour north to the Fulton Chain of Lakes and set up camp.
            I walked with my brothers to the edge of Seventh Lake and looked for the eagle’s nest in the iconic tree across the lake. Mist formed over the lake in the evening. A loon cried from the middle of the lake, the perfect welcoming call.
            In the morning, we walked back to the lake’s edge, tendrils of mist weaving through the tree line before the sun burned it away.
            Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, I am surrounded by stunning nature views at every turn, but I sometimes find myself yearning for that Adirondack scenery. 
            It’s when I’m hiking in the Mt. Tam Watershed in Marin County that I feel transported back to those misty mountain lake days. The lake and trees reflect a deep greenish blue, and white mist flows over and through the treetops.
            Do you have a favorite place that reminds you of beloved old stomping grounds? May we all tap into that comforting feeling of old favorite places. Keep putting one foot forward!
            This week’s Hike Notes from the archives, Kent Lake from Shafter Bridge, take readers to one of the lovely lakes of the Marin Watershed that remind me of the Adirondacks where I grew up.
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This week’s hike from the archives:
Hike Notes 112: Kent Lake from Shafter Bridge