49.18 California, Stebbins Cold Canyon: Blue Ridge Trail at Berryessa Lake and Dam.
A taste of a staggering day! Some days, a person knows it's going to be good even prior to commencement. Today, it only got better at Lake Berryessa and the surrounding mountains. We suppose, 'seek and you shall find' makes a whole lot more sense since our parents told us when kids. We moved along the ridge for more than a mile. We find the scene a 'classic'. The day following had to be anticlimactic…and unfortunately, it was. The views of Berryessa Lake and Dam, the climbing, which was mostly steep, and the hiking along the ridge, were superb. The atmosphere permeating in the region, one might say, hit the spot. The area suffered much fire damage, we were told, and we did see some blackened parts but nothing distracting. Yet, nature takes natural phenomena in its stride and does what it knows best—continues growing, rejuvenating, and dealing with the situation at hand. We remember sitting on a volcano years ago and see...