Saturday night there was a huge thunder storm with amazing lightning show. By Sunday morning, the sky was clear. We changed the hiking to 3:30 pm to be able to stay at the lake longer. By afternoon, the sky again began to fill with threatening clouds. When we drove pass Solitude, there were some rain drops on the windshield and there was a huge piece of dark cloud on the Brighton side. By the time when we started the hike, these dark cloud moved out, and the sky has some amazing lingering clouds. The pictures looked much better with these lively clouds. We had 33 people on this hike and it is a great way for family bonding. By the way, half way (1/2 mile) into the hike, there is a Dog Lake side trail, and if you look toward northeast, there is a so-called Mickey Mouse rocks on the mountain.
