2/25/2010

I had spent some time up here at Applegate-Lake last week. Hiking, Picture taking, Had a Great time. Now that Jr is Back and has time on His Hands. We decided to come up here togather and spend sometime walking around this Big Beautifull Lake. We started this Day out Meeting at The Church Early in the Morning for the Morning Service. Great way to start out Your Day. So we got up here to the Lake about 8:30 a.m. I Guess. And Here we are out on the Tower. It was kind of Cold. Not to bad today. We decided to go for a good long Hike on this day. Taking the Lakeshore Trail from the Tower to the Hart-tish Park area. Seen here in some of the Pictures. Where You see the Big Boat Ramp going down into the Water. That will be about a Half Mile. Mabe a little farther from the Tower. Should be Fun.
Jr saw a big Pile of Drift wood sort of under the Tower & climbed down there to find us a Couple of good Walking Sticks. In all the Hiking and Walking I have done. I never Realized the Importance of Carrying a Walking Stick. As I discovered on this Day. It really Helps to carry Atleast one good Heavy stick. Cool. While I was still on top of the Tower I noticed Someone Starting a fire down along the Hwy below the Dam. Had a good Plume of Smoke going there for awhile.
Jr & I have began the walk from the tower to the Boat Ramp. It's really not very long of a Hike. But a little bit of a Rocky Trail. There was alot of Sight seeing to do along the way. So it took a long time. A very Nice, Plesent Walk. This was also the Day a Storm would begine to Roll into the Area. The sky on this Day was filled with a lot of interesting looking clouds And they were moving fast across the Sky. As We will see in our Hiking-Trip-Pictures the Next day at the Big-Foot-Trap. It will Rain all day during that Hike.
In these Next Three Pictures. We have Progressed very slowly to nearly the end of the Trail. And then the Next thing I know. We Ran across this Huge old Stump Practically right in the Middle of the Trail. I Remember it from before. It had been growing there for Uncounted Decades. And Must have been cut down about the time of the Dam being Built. 1976. Jr, Having worked for the Forresty Department many Years ago. He knows something about things like this. He was telling me about this Old Stump. And then He began to Count the Rings of the Stump to determine the age of the Tree. Interesting.? yeah. But I was Board with it and wanted to move on. I whent down the trail a ways and took More Pictures. Then walked back to Check on Jr. Guess what He was still doing.?
In these Next 4 Pictures. We have reached the Boat Ramp area. Hart-Tish Park is just on the otherside of all the Cars' Trailers, and Junk You see there in the Parking lot. There is a Gift-Shop, Store, Restrooms, There are People over there right now working. Getting Things Ready for the Spring-Time-Opening. The Trail we have been walking Ends right where the Boat Ramp begines. The Trail Evendently goes all the way around the Lake? Not sure about that. I know it continues on from the Park. I have never walked that. And in the last Picture here. We See Jr has found a Nice Big pile of Debris and is searching for more Walking sticks.
Now I have walked part way down the Ramp. found a Nice place to sit.. On What I would Guess to be a Floating Dock? It has a big Piece of Cement tied to it. What eles could it Be.? I sat here for a little while and Ate what Lunch I had brought with Me. Jr had been exsploring the area to the South. Now He is on His way down the Ramp. We hung around there for A while. Made a YouTube Video. By this time the Weather was getting nice and warm. We hated to Leave. But it was time to start back to the Car Parked way down at The tower. At the end of the Boat-Ramp. You see the big long floating Dock. It to is tied to a Long Rail running the entire Lenght of the Ramp. The Foating dock will follow the Water level from the top of the Ramp. To the bottom where it is now.
The Last Three Pictures of Our Trip. This First one is about half way back down the Lake-Shore-Trail. You will suddently Run across this "Survey Mark" along the Trail. Its kind of hard to Miss. But if You are moving along fast You Might. And in the final two Pictures. We are back at the Car. Parked at the Tower. Its time to dirve Home. Was A good Day. Jr and I will sometime Return here to the Lake for More Out-Door-Hiking Fun...
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