Siberia Creek Trail ~ November 4, 2008

Hi everybody... Trooper here! My dad took me hiking a couple of weeks ago along the Siberia Creek trail. No, we didn't hike all the way to Siberia... the trail is right here in the San Bernardino Mountains close to where we live! Here's a description from one of my dad's guidebooks. Siberia Creek Trail: 7 miles; very difficult. Altitude drop of 3,000 ft. This trail begins at the end of the Lodgepole Trail. It can be reached by using the Lodgepole Pine Trail or the Bluff Mesa Trail and terminates at Bear Creek near the Siberia Group Camp.

Here I am waiting for my dad to bring up the rear (as usual). He sure is a slowpoke but I cut him some slack because he's carrying a big backpack with all of our gear and the most important thing... my food and water! If you enlarge the photo you can see how wet I am. We had to hike through a rain storm but that's okay. I'm not made out of sugar... I won't melt! A little bit of rain never hurt anybody!

Can you see me in this photo? (You can click on the picture to make it bigger.) I'm the black blob in the lower left hand corner standing on the trail with my back to the camera.

I found this nice shady spot along the trail to take a little rest.

It sure is fun bringing all of you along on these hikes with me! My dad continues to buy camping equipment... (a tent, a sleeping bag, a stove and pots & pans). I think that means we're going to go on an overnight trip soon! I'll keep you posted... Love, Trooper

Dry Lake, October 21, 2008

My dad and I decided to hike to Dry Lake today. Here's a short description of Dry Lake from localhikes.com... "If you time this one right, you are in for a real treat. Dry Lake got its name for an obvious reason. As the summer progresses, the lake dries up and becomes a meadow. However, during runoff, the lake is a beautiful alpine reflection of the wilderness, and worth every uphill step it takes to get there." (You can click on the photos to make them larger.)

Okay... I'm ready to go!

There's a lot of pretty scenery along the way...

Can you see me? I'm just to the left of the tree trunk in the center of the picture.

Look at this HUGE Lodgepole Pine Tree!

Here I am cooling my paws in the water...

As we were hiking we came upon this log with a bunch of rocks stacked on top of it.

Yay! We made it to Dry Lake. If you look closely you can see me in the bottom right hand corner of the photo.

I LOVE running through the tall dry grass!

Here I am sneaking up on my dad. This was a really fun hike. I can't wait to see where we go to next Tuesday. See you then! Love, Trooper