Hiking in the Sierra

Last week we drove to Pollock Pines to meet up with our son and then chose a spot to go for a hike. We drove up to Highway 88 and stopped at the trailhead to Shealor Lakes. The trailhead is at 7440’ elevation so we were up in the granite landscape.

Once we got up away from the trailhead we could look back towards Silver Lake.

Along the trail a little further we could look down into the first Shealor Lake.

The lakes were surrounded by granite…

…some of which was flat enough to sit on.

Matt’s dog, Kirin, enjoyed the water. It’s hot enough here in Vacaville tonight as I write this that I wish I could immerse myself in that lake.

We had left hot valley temperatures and it was to be a hot day in the foothills as well. However, cloud cover built up in the mountains and there was some wind. This made for a very comfortable temperature, but we didn’t linger too long at the lake because these were thunderheads building.

As we hiked out we heard thunder to the south.

With the luck o 2019 and 2020 I didn’t feel like we should risk lightning on top of it all. I would like to do another hike here or on one of the other trails in the area. We live near such beautiful country. Right now I’d love to be near (in) that lake.

Kirin would probably like to go again too. Maybe I’d bring one our dogs next time.