Photo-a-Day - June 2012 - Day 22: From a High Angle

Photo-a-Day - June 2012 - Day 22: From a High Angle

Camping and fishing were something my ex-husband and I loved.  One of the places to which he introduced me were the Virginia Lakes.  They are located off Highway 395 on the eastern side of the Sierra, in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. 

There are seven lakes, starting with Little Virginia Lake.  The elevation starts at 9,770 ft. and goes up from there.  Happily, elevation sickness is something which has never bothered me.  In fact, I find that cold, clean thin air to be very easy on my asthmatic lungs.  The drinking water, mountain runoff, is just as cold and clean and delicious. 

We did some good trout fishing there and I've been back a couple times over the years, now staying in cabins rather than a tent.  I've often told my friends that when I die, I want my ashes to be scattered here.  It's a magnificent place.