This year I've been doing a lot more hiking. It seems like everyone in the family is getting in on it. My daughter has a new baby, so she hasn't been able to join me much. For that, I'm sorry. :(
My sisters and I went up to Tehachapi Mountain to hike. Getting there was a bit confusing. Not getting there, actually, but finding a place to park. The trail head is a campground but it was closed for the season. We ended up parking next to the trash cans, on the side of the road.
To get to the trailhead, you walk up about a mile on pavement. It's a steep incline. Once we got to the trail head, we realized the trail was closed for the renovations. We went up another smaller boy scout trail that joins together.
There was still ice on the ground and as we got up higher and higher, we saw bear prints in the snow. We decided since we were the only ones in the park, to high tail it out of there.
This is the shorter route
I'm not sure what this is about, but I'll pretend it's when we first saw the bear tracks
We were there by 6:30 a.m. It was gorgeous out. I wish I had pictures to prove it.
Once we hightailed it out of there, we headed to Brite Lake, which is just about 2 miles away, off of Highline Road.
The entrance to the lake is pretty cool. There are carved tree posts all the way down, with various things, such as an Eagle for Eagle road, a Coyote, and Indian, Bears. Fun to look at.
Tehachapi is a high elevation and it gets cooolllllddddddd, for California. We were there about 7:30 a.m. and it was pretty bone chilling. I didn't bring a jacket, so duh me, I was freezing, but warmed up with the walk.
It was beautiful there. It was January, so the trees were bare and different shades
The surrounding area is beautiful as well
There is a $5 charge to get in, but since we were there early, no one was there to take our money so we didn't have to pay. There were a few men there fishing bright and early
We walked around the lake on the aquaduct that surrounds it. From there we could see neighboring apple orchards and farms. We walked down the aquaduct onto a long winding road, to lengthen our walk
Would definately want to come here again for another walk sometime. It was a perfect morning.
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