Mom and I decided to take the afternoon off and do a little hiking. We even took grandma, and while we ran up the hill and back, she sat down at the lake and put her feet in the water. The scene below looks Southwest and contains Lake Spaulding on the left and I-80 in the center background.
These photos were taken from the top of Zion Hill (6000') which is on the Southwest corner of Blue Lake. I messed up the angle, but Mom is almost holding Old Man Mountain in her palm (it's to the left), and hidden behind the hill you see in back of me is Grouse Ridge.
It's really nothing to brag about, hiking up Zion Hill. We started at 5700' at least, so no big rise in elevation, and a real easy walk with no real climbing. But it's really worth the drive, I think. Beautiful view, always a nice breeze, lots of good memories - not the least of which was a YW 4th Level hike that Mom and I went on together probably 20+ years ago. We camped down at Blue Lake. Come to think of it, it was probably not the best camping experience for Mom. But no need to go into details. . .
On the way down I took this photo of a cool looking balanced rock. Perhaps the best part of the trip was when we stopped for chocolate dipped ice cream cones in Grass Valley on our way home. Did you know McDonalds has chocolate dipped cones? Well, they do, and they're nearly as good as Dairy Queen's. We had fun.
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