Saturday, August 4, 2012

THE EASTERN SIERRAS: Parker Lake Hike


Parker Lake Hike
A lovely morning - slept late, coffee and a long stretch and core workout in the elegant luxurious spa at the Double Eagle.  Then a 4 mile roundtrip hike up to Parker Lake - a beautiful lake with high views of strange and beautiful Mono Lake. 



Thunderstorms have been taunting us for three days now, and I could hear distant thunder, see lightning strikes and violet rain descending onto the lake as I clambered down the steep slope to the parking lot.  Then tonight, after dinner, a sudden thunderstorm and violent lightning after dinner, the wonderful smell of wet hillsides and trees, and horizontal thickened lightning streaking the dark night sky with booming thunderclaps preceding.  

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