Sherwin Lake, Chinn’s Lake, Fall River Reservoir, and Loch Lomond Before the Storm

 

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Heather and I went up to see some water today.  Our first stop was Sherwin Lake off of Fall River Road.

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Looking down onto Chinn’s Lake below.


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Sherwin Lake really is a pretty little place.

 

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Down at Chinn’s Lake near the old miner’s cabin that gets partially submerged by the lake every day.

20160731_125133Looking north along the dam at Chinn’s Lake.

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Not much of this cabin is left.

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Looking out toward the general direction of Denver from Fall River Reservoir dam.

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Fall River Reservoir is also very pretty.

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We got up to Loch Lomond right as the clouds opened up and it started dumping buckets.  We tried to wait it out but there were too many black clouds and there was too much rain.


20160731_144558On the way back down to St. Mary’s and Alice, it felt just like home in the Pacific Northwest!

 

 

Loch Lomond


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We headed up to Loch Lomond to check out the view and look for fall colors.

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My little truck made it up no problem.  We saw a few Subarus up at the lake which is pretty surprising considering how rough the road is.


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Carl leading the way up to the upper lakes.

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Heather enjoying the scenery.

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The waterfall from the upper lakes.

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Looking back down at Loch Lomond.

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At the upper lake.


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An old dam that forms the lake.


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Another lake a bit further beyond.

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Big views.


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Looking out toward Mount Evans and Pikes Peak.

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Carl is in the upper right.

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Beautiful!

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A huge old riveted pipe that used to carry water down the hill.

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Heading back down with Mount Evans in view.


IMG_1893Looking up another canyon.


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Great fall colors coming in.

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