Lake Clementine, Strike Two
On Sunday, I went out again for sunset, and back to Lake Clementine. A couple weeks ago, I took my son Jadon on a hike to the lake in search of a sunset view overlooking the lake, but we ended up at the wrong spot and sunset was a dud. This time, I found the right spot, but sunset was again a dud, this time because the cloud cover was just too thick. Strike two.
I went by myself this time, because Jadon did not feel like coming on the hike with me. I did find the right spot, though, and I apologize to my friend, Rob, for stealing his secret location. But I did really like his photo from here, and I really wanted to come here to get a similar shot myself. Besides, I am sure he has stolen a secret waterfall location from me, once or twice. ha ha. Anyway, I’ll have to return again here some day, since the sunset colors just never materialized.
It is a bit of a hike up to this spot, about 1.5 miles, and I admit I was a bit nervous hiking back in the dusky light. I walked as fast as I could to try to get back to the car before dark. I kept hearing noises in the bushes, and the terrain is such that it would be a great area for a mountain lion to hide out above the trail and pounce down on me. The noises I heard were probably just birds, I guess, as I never did see anything. Except once I did hear a very large noise in the bushes, and when I looked up, I saw that it was just a deer. Phew. Well, I made it back to the car in one piece, and before it got dark.
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