Visiting Sardine Lakes
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canyonwalkerSardine Lakes, Calif - Saturday, 25 Sep 2021. 3:30pm.
Once you've been to the top of a mountain, what do you do next? Would you believe, look up at it from the bottom again? After driving most of the way up Sierra Buttes, hiking the last bit including 150 or so stairs stairs to the Sierra Buttes fire lookout and coming back down, we decided we hadn't had enough of the Sierra Buttes for the day. We drove back down the ridge and around to the Sardine Lakes.
Now, Lower Sardine Lake is an easy drive-to spot. There's a paved road right up to it. There's even a small resort there, with cabins, boat rentals, and a small restaurant. Resorts really aren't our thing, though. We drove straight past the little resort onto a rocky 4x4 trail and made the trek up to Upper Sardine Lake.
There's no up resort here. Just all of nature. And plenty of places to hike where there's barely even a trail.
We climbed up a low ridge below the foot of Upper Sardine Lake. From here we could see down to Lower Sardine Lake.
You can see a small beach at the far end of Lower Sardine Lake. That's where that little cabin-y resort is. They'll rent you a kayak down there. You want a kayak up here? You damn well have to carry it.
We climbed down the ridge to the shore of Upper Sardine Lake and sat there for a while. On a rock. Just us and nature.
When we had our fill we went back to the car for the slow ride down the rocky trail.
In beauty I walk. And drive.
Once you've been to the top of a mountain, what do you do next? Would you believe, look up at it from the bottom again? After driving most of the way up Sierra Buttes, hiking the last bit including 150 or so stairs stairs to the Sierra Buttes fire lookout and coming back down, we decided we hadn't had enough of the Sierra Buttes for the day. We drove back down the ridge and around to the Sardine Lakes.
Now, Lower Sardine Lake is an easy drive-to spot. There's a paved road right up to it. There's even a small resort there, with cabins, boat rentals, and a small restaurant. Resorts really aren't our thing, though. We drove straight past the little resort onto a rocky 4x4 trail and made the trek up to Upper Sardine Lake.
There's no up resort here. Just all of nature. And plenty of places to hike where there's barely even a trail.
We climbed up a low ridge below the foot of Upper Sardine Lake. From here we could see down to Lower Sardine Lake.
You can see a small beach at the far end of Lower Sardine Lake. That's where that little cabin-y resort is. They'll rent you a kayak down there. You want a kayak up here? You damn well have to carry it.
We climbed down the ridge to the shore of Upper Sardine Lake and sat there for a while. On a rock. Just us and nature.
When we had our fill we went back to the car for the slow ride down the rocky trail.
In beauty I walk. And drive.
