Eklutna Lakeside Trail

 Pam and I had planned to climb Lazy Mountain today. But when I walked Bella this morning the wind was very strong, and clouds were completely obscuring the top half of the mountain. I texted Pam and suggested we do something else instead. She suggested Eklutna Lake, so we met up there at 11am. It was much nicer up there, calm but a little on the cold side. Our dogs had a grand time running along sniffing and checking out everything along the way as we hiked the Lakeside trail to the Yuditna Cabin. People had camped there that night, so it was still warm from their fire. We settled in for a while and ate some snacks. On the way back we searched for the butterflies that I put on the trees along the trail marking the memorial for my little chihuahua, Baby who was killed there. They are very hard to see but we finally found them. I think I will add a couple more tiny ones the next time I go there. The little, tiny birdhouse I had hung was taken down. I suppose someone didn't like seeing it there. But the butterflies are so small that I doubt anyone would ever see them. Bella started getting cold about a mile and a half from the parking lot, so I had to put her in my backpack and carry her the rest of the way back. We did have a bit of wind on our way back, so we were all feeling the chill in the air. We saw some people skiing on the lake, so we plan to come back on Monday and do some skiing