Our first destination was the Lakes Basin, northwest of Reno. We did a loop trail that passed 5 lakes. Interestingly, camping is not permitted at any of the the lakes. The hike was about 5 miles on a well established trail, but Calvin decided it would be a good time to practice using his GPS. So we started out with satellite support and a 20 year old guide to wildflower walks in the Lakes Basin.
Just a short walk from the trail head we came to one of the many Big Bear lakes in California. This was closely followed by Little Bear Lake.
Up around a bend we came to a vista of one of the many Long lakes in California. Which made a good spot to admire ourselves as well as the scenery. It is clear from these pictures that Calvin has a much better phone camera now that I do.
Our lunch destination was Silver Lake.
After lunch we saw our 5th lake, Round Lake, but it wasn't quite as scenic as the others. And...Calvin and his GPS were making serious tracks toward the car. So I didn't stop for any more pictures.
The final leg of the hike was on a very nice trail that was probably was an old mining road, but unfortunately that road did not lead to the trail head where we parked our car. So we skirted back around Big Bear Lake again and found the trail to our parking lot. It is apparently an easy thing to misplace your trail head. When we arrived at the correct trail head we met a couple who had also misplaced their trail head. We knew exactly where theirs was and were able to give them a lift back to their car.
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