Sunday, August 11, 2019

Five Lakes

Our third hike near Truckee: Five Lakes Creek Trail. Steep, dusty, hot ascent, then cool, shady, and relatively flat, with one beautiful lake after another. 


What makes zigzags on tree trunks?



Lake 1:


We saw hundreds of dragonflies zipping over the lake in formation, as well as lots of damselflies. This one stayed put long enough for me to photograph it:


Lake 1 continued:



What's this bug?


Lake 3 was the most idyllic. Ducks, dragonflies, wildflowers, shady--excellent for snoozing. (Did you notice no Lake 2? It was nothing to write home about.)


Damselfly:



Lake 4:




Lake 5:


Heading back down...


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