Emerald Lake

On Saturday, we went on my annual birthday hike. This year we went to Emerald Lake which is a new trail for us. I've wanted to go here for a couple of years but we hadn't gotten around to it. This is a 10 mile hike and usually we do 4-5 mile hikes or shorter so we have some time and energy to do something else on a Saturday. This was a pretty hard hike since there is a 2000 ft. elevation gain and it was warm, even in the mountains. But when we got there and saw this beautiful alpine lake, it was all worth it.



This is the first view of it as we came up and then as we walked around the lake, there was this view.




I was able to take a lot of photos which I can use to make drawings and future tapestries. There hasn't been much weaving going on this week but I have a great excuse. My kids got me a digital camera! It was just an amazing surprise and so sweet of them. I still can't almost believe it and I've wanted one for awhile now. I know I do have the best kids but I knew that before this. I'm not that quick with learning electronic stuff but either this is just pretty easy and there are good instructions with the camera or I'm motivated enough to keep at it and so I'm figuring it out but this is the first time I've used a digital camera ever.



I took this photo from our deck yesterday and today I loaded the camera software and learned how to download the photos. So from now on, I will have a lot more photos on my blog which will make it more interesting. But I think even more importantly, it will be a great resource for me to draw from these photos and increase both my drawing skills and improve my tapestry cartoons. I am just so excited!