50.19 Utah: Dog Lake Hike without a dog, blindingly colorful and of course, beautiful. (Instead of allowing politics to color one's outlook, rather have nature perform the coloring.)
After playing at their lake, this is how the dogs leave it. Just like naughty children. This is not a tough hike but it does have some steep sections. We might not have undertaken it had we not needed a less strenuous day. Having mentioned it, it certainly wasn't a walk in the park. We both wish to repeat the hike. In fact, there is another approach to it. Talking of parks, we thought the foliage was spectacular. I keep falling into a trap of trying to rate each area against another. I know it's silly but then... Perhaps we should write instead that the freshness of the colors, the mix and distinctiveness knocked our socks off. It became rather tiresome, not seeing incredible colors repeatedly, but rather, having to stop frequently, not to only absorb the beauty but to keep putting our socks back on our feet. Some hikes can be tough. We 'believe' the movie 'Barefoot in the Park' was filmed in this...well, 'park'. A major reason we've sp...