Got to visit the Lookout Wednesday, just three days before it closed for the season. Got to treat my visitors from England to one of the best views in the northern Sierra. Pretty dry up there, so why did they close it? Must have been confident that the rain forecast for tomorrow is actually coming.
The view from the parking area just below the lookout is breathtaking. Crystal Lake a few hundred feet below us, and a great view over Indian Valley into North Arm. Could also see Lake Almanor, Round Valley reservoir, Lassen Peak, Butterfly Valley, and many recognizable peaks to the East and South. Especially fun recognizing many places we'd visited on the ground the previous two days.
We hiked from this point down to Crystal Lake and had lunch at the notch where the lake leaks out into the drainage of Indian Valley. Most notable "nature event" was groups of ants cooperating in dragging our lunch crumbs as well as corpses of other insects off to their dens. I wish our economy were as well organized. The ants were all smiling with pride in a job well done.
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