Whenever we want to add a few miles to our total, but don't have a lot of time, Lake Wilson is our go to spot. As we learned last time we were here, this is an easy but pretty 2.5 miles just down the road. Again we were surprised at how many people were out using this lake that we had previously thought unknown. There's not much to add from last time we came. The first half mile takes you from the parking area on the west side of the lake to the loop on the east side of the lake. Where the spur meets the loop there is a dry creek bed. I assume it is flowing after hard rains to feed the lake, but we have only seen it dry. Today, instead of following the trail, we hiked about a quarter mile up the creek bed and then did a 10 yard bush whack back to the trail. Other than that the only thin we did differently is make the little guy walk a little more. He still generally prefers to ride in the backpack, but we need to push him to hike a little more as we approach a fourth birthday. He did about a mile and half on his own feet, and he enjoyed the big rocks.
Travel time from home: 15 minutes
Today's miles: 2.77
Remaining miles: 25.35
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