Another hiking day - to the lake!

Drove over to Brighton ski area today to catch a good hiking trail.  We were hoping to be able to drive a ways up a ski trail, but no luck.  So we hiked to Twin Lakes from the parking lot.  Not too far, about 2 miles round trip with an elevation gain of about 500-700 ft.  No bushwhacking this time, the trail was wide enough for a jeep to drive and gravelly the whole way.

 It was strange to be walking on ski runs.  We came up "Main Street" which didn't exactly feel 'green'/easy to us as we walked up it!

 We had cell service the whole time, so David actually got a call from our neighbor while we were hiking.  Makes "getting away from it all" a little more challenging, but it was nice to have our maps fully functional the whole way so we could decide which trails we wanted to take.

 Twin lakes (its dammed up at one end)

 We picnicked then hiked to the far end of the lake to find some nice rocks in the shade and just relax.  I just watched the clouds blow of the mountains while David read.

 Cool lone pine.