On July 9, Marissa and I headed up to hike Thunder Knob. It had been on my list for awhile and I was excited to have a friend from work to hike with. We drove several hours up to the trail head which was right off Hwy 20.
The forecast was for rain but luckily it held off for almost the entire hike. The hike started at a campground and went along a creek that looked like it had washed out parts of the campground at some point in time. I could see a picnic table in the creek bed.
We continued up about a 650 foot elevation climb, admiring the mountains that surrounded us.
We paused to admire a pretty little pond with a nice bench before continuing on. We crossed over the top and below us Diablo Lake shimmered in all its green glory. The eerie green is caused by glacial run off.
We climbed down to sit on a little rock outcropping and enjoyed the views while eating our snacks. Finally it was time to return and we headed back down to the car.
This was a nice little hike, about 650 feet elevation and around 3.6 miles.
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