Monday, May 19th, 2008
Today tom had to start work, but not i. Kristen has been feeling a bit sick with some bug and the altitude, so we decided to go for a hike. We knew about this place to hike that is near the popular climbing area Twin Owls. Those cliffs are the pedestal rocks that are shown in the gallery. We had tried to climb there yesterday but they are closed for the birds till mid-summer. There is a very nice trail that leads to a lake called Gem Lake. It was so peaceful up there and we played around there for an hour or so and explored. The cliffs that you see me climbing up would be sick for cliff jumping if the lake was more then 3 feet deep. Also the chipmunks there are very bold and they will come right up to you and sniff your hand –  silly little animals.