I had a nice leisurely 6 mile hike along the gentle Red Shirt Lake Trail today with a group of the Valley Wanderers. Our two dogs, Bella and Chili pranced along mostly out front all the way to the lake. Sadly, all the autumn leaves have already fallen, leaving only bare trees. But there was a plus side to that. Now we were able to see the Alaska Range to the north and the Chugach Range to the south as we walked along the ridge to the lake. We also got to enjoy the sunshine, which was nice considering it was only about 30 degrees when we started out. It did warm up to close to 50 by the time we returned to our cars. The lake was calm and very beautiful. We enjoyed our lunch and snacks while sitting on some nice logs in the sunshine. No steep mountain climbs today, but still a nice few hours of exercise and peacefulness in the mountains and forest.
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