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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.)

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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...

50.20 Utah: Desolation Peak and Lake. 50.21 'Peter, Paul and Mary'...oops...should be 'Mary, Martha and Catherine' Lakes.

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This blog combines two hikes undertaken at the beginning of September. In fact, the latter hike was the first in the region (9/2/2021). At the time, fall colors were just a dream, we were a little out of shape, fitness a bit suspect, with a few extra pounds hanging on or about the body. What's changed since then? We have witnessed probably the most stunning foliage ever seen, undertaken glorious and tough hikes and had an incredible time. During the period we have completed some twenty-six-odd hikes, actually, nothing odd about any of them. If anything is odd it's you know who.  We ended up extending our stay a multiple of 5 times the initial booking of nine days (7 times). As we were saying, not much has changed: We're still a little out of shape, fitness a bit suspect, with a few extra pounds hanging on or about the body but Utah continues to ingrain itself within our souls.  After this extra climb, we can't see 'the lake for the trees'. ...