coffee delivered at eight-thirty sharp

Since we had gone to bed so early the night before, we were up before our coffee was delivered at 8:30. At nine we went down for breakfast. There was fresh fruit laid out for us (melon and pineapple) and yogurt. Mmmm. We sat down and they took our juice orders (apple for me, orange for him) and then brought us hash browns and ham and cheese omlettes, cooked by the B&B owners themselves.

During breakfast, Kit asked Vicki about the various trails on the other side of the lake. We decided on the Cougar Crest trail (moderate to difficult) which was roughly 4 miles round trip, 5 if you include the trail from the parking lot to the trail.

two views from the trail

It's safe to say that I was dying by the middle of the uphill portion of the trail. I'm so horribly out of shape it's embarassing. Even more so considering there was an elderly couple we ran into on the way up that didn't even seem to be breaking a sweat. Punks.

proof i made it to the top!

We were going to try to find a place to splash around in the lake, but the place we went was kind of...slimy...so we just went back to our room. Kit crashed and I showered off. After he took a bath we went downstairs to try and decide on a place to eat. Being exhausted (and hungry) we chose a small coffee shop nearby.

cheap and satisfying, just the way i like it :)

The place was really cheap and gave us more food than we could eat. It was kind of hole-in-the-wall-ish but the food tasted mighty good after that monster hike (monster hike by my standards anyway).

birds-eye view

:)