Hike at Silver Lake

This summer we've hiked up at Silver Lake twice.  The first time there was still snow on the trail!  Malcolm is a slow and easily distracted hiker, but it's been so fun to have him hiking on his own.  We stopped for lunch, threw rocks in the lake, and enjoyed being up away from it all.  The first time we also had to wait for road construction.  The second time, the road was finished and we enjoyed the smooth ride all the way up the canyon.  The second lunch was also bombarded by overly human-fed squirrels and chipmunks.  They were so annoying.  I spent most of the lunch time scaring Elliot while trying to frighten away the critters that were seriously about to crawl all over her.

Both times the scenery was beautiful.  The hike is easy and just circles the lake all the way around partially trail, part boardwalk.  Someday we might get extra adventurous and take the side trail up to another lake about a mile away.