Piedras Pintadas Interpretive Trail |
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| For this hike along the southern shore of Lake Hodges, we started at a dirt parking lot off of West Bernardo Drive. Here's our GPS track and another aerial photo. Where it looks like we walked out into the middle of the lake -- guess what? we did! This whole area is dry now. | |
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| This next picture was taken from a rock in the middle of what used to be a finger of the lake, looking towards the western "shore" of this finger. The oak tree is a good resting point mid-way down the trail. | |
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| Here's a picture from the other "shore" looking back towards the rock we'd been standing on. Not a whole lot of water happening here. | |
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| And here's an honest-to-God waterfall -- with water! I never expected to see that back here. | |
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The second time we did the Piedras Pintadas trail we skipped the detour into the lake, and completed the loop we'd intended to do the first time. George then did a little excursion along the back of a residential area to try to figure out a good parking spot at that end of the trail. |
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| Here's some pictures looking out over what used to be the lake. The second one shows the rock in the middle of the "lake" that we'd hiked to before. | |
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| And here's me... all rosy-cheeked and happy! | |
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For additional trail information see the San Dieguito River Park site or this map of Lake Hodges hiking trails. |
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