Windy Father's Day

Up against the east face of the Snowy Range accessible from the highway are two alpine lakes named Mirror Lake and Lake Marie. They are fed all summer long by the snow that melts off the peaks. 

On Father’s Day S. and I spent the day there by the lakes, it was beautiful and clear but extremely windy. I had my hood up the whole time that we had our picnic and took our walk. There were white caps on the lakes especially on the higher lake that is more exposed. At times the water would spray just like at the ocean! I think the gusts were about 50 mph.

There is a trail from the upper lake to the lower one that passes a quartz hillside and has a pretty view of the lower lake. See pictures below.

After our picnic and hike we stopped in Centennial, Wyoming to get ice cream bars at The Friendly Store. We went to Panda Express for dinner later when we got home that evening. We were delighted to see our little one year old granddaughter on SKYPE as she busily wandered and played all over their house right before she went to bed. It was a good day.

Photos:

white caps on Mirror Lake

lake trail by the quarts cliff

one view of Lake Marie

people on the lake trail