We went for a walk the other day and noticed several new things.  First, the finished trail and fences on the south side.  They look really good and I’m sure after a while when the grass grows it’ll be great!  Hopefully, the fence will last and people won’t break it down.  In case you were one of the folks who cut the trail all the time, It’s really not good to cut it.  It kills the grass and causes erosion and looks pretty bad.  So please, everyone, be cool.  The fence looks great!

Also, noticed that Evergreen Parks and Recreation put a LOT of effort into removing much of the pond seaweed with boats, rakes and trucks.  Notice the huge piles on the shore in the gallery below.

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I went for a walk around the lake last night and took a few pictures.  It was a really nice walk; the weather was perfect, the lake was smooth and there were lots of people enjoying the evening. The park and rec district is doing some nice work on the trail around the lake.  Smoothing it out, widening in places, adding more gravel where there’s usually standing water after a rain, rebuilding some rock walls and trying to close the makeshift trail that people have blazed cutting the switchback on the south side of the lake.

They’ve put up two fences, one at the top and one at the bottom, but people have decided to ignore that and trample the fence down and just walk right over it. It’s really too bad that people don’t have the respect for our lake, trail and the Parks and Recreation Districts work to protect and maintain a good trail system.

As I said, the walk around the lake was really beautiful, including a really nice wedding at the Evergreen Lake house (for reservations, please call the Lake House at 720.880.1311).  Have a look at this small gallery and let us know how you like to enjoy the lake.

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June 1 – The Congress and Evergreen School of Music

June 15 – Mountain Holler and Juggernaut

June 29 – Max Wagner and Mighty High Band

July 13 – Your Father’s Mustache and Acoustic Mining Company

July 27 – Josh and the Empty Pockets and The Hooligans

August 10 – Megan Burtt and the Cure For Love and Open Space

August 24 – Tunisia and Fresh Jefferson

Now that the ice has completely melted and we’ve had some great warm weather, some wind, a few fires, another few inches of snow, then some more wind and now some real spring weather, I thought I’d post some photos of some interesting ice. There were at times some large cracks showing and there was one day when part of the main skating rink was flooded because of an obvious crack somewhere under all the snow. Fortunately, it didn’t affect the skating much.

Also, part of the southern boardwalk had additional 4×4 supports put in that couldn’t stand up to the ice.

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I took a walk the other day around the lake.  The sun was out and the weather was really great!  The lake was about to close and unfortunately, it is now closed.  We had a great winter of ice skating and playing on the ice and snowy walks.  This is the first time in a long time that I felt the winter went by so quickly.  In fact I wish we still had more time to ice skate.  I just hope that the ski season doesn’t end so quickly.

Here’re some photos from my walk.

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Apples on the apple tree at Evergreen Lake

So who would have ever thought or knew there was an apple tree at Evergreen lake.  I wouldn’t have believed it myself had I not actually walked up to it and picked an apple!  Of course, it’s so close to the road and the apples don’t look too great, but it’s there, and apparently has been there for many years. There are a lot of dead branches lower down, and it’s obviously not been taken care of.

I’ve walked around the lake many, many times over the years and never noticed it until it was noticed by my mother-in-law and a friend while they were birding the other day.  They never noticed it either, but it’s not surprising because it’s not on the trail or near where anyone would walk.  Long time resident, Sylvia Brockner says it’s been there since at least the 60′s.  Does anyone know more story about this?

If you drive by the lake on Hwy 74, you see this tree every time.  As you come down the hill to the lake from the north, just after you pass the turn off to Upper Bear, you’ll see it hanging over the guardrail on the lake side of the highway. But, you can’t tell it’s an apple tree unless you check it out up close.

Here’s a Google Map showing the location of the tree.

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Wednesday, June 2
Josh and the Empty Pockets, Evergreen School of Music

Wednesday, June 16
Laurie D and the Blues Babes, Mark and Steve

Wednesday, June 30
Your Father’s Mustache, Megan Burtt

Wednesday, July 14
The Luv Brothers, Once Removed Blues Band

Wednesday, July 28
Matt Clark Band, Strike III

Wednesday, August 11
Hosty Duo, Avé Deep

Wednesday, August 25
Jakarta, The 3eatles

The annual Earthday celebration at The Lake House seemed to be a nice success, despite the cold and early snow.  It wasn’t nearly as well attended in the past, but even so, it was nice to see so many people out today, learning more about Earth Day.  And it sure looked like a beautiful day!

Earth day at the Evergreen lake house

I took a nice walk around evergreen lake today and saw it was melting pretty quickly. I took a hike up to near this Geocache and took this pretty interesting panorama shot with my iPhone (Pano app).

Evergreen Lake thawing out

It’s pretty much just a slush pond right now, but you can still see the remains of the ice rinks and on the near side, you can see the open stream that feeds the lake.  I’m sure that before we know it, it’ll be frozen and we’ll be ice skating on Evergreen Lake again!

This is a real bummer.  The other day we were at the lake and our kids noticed someone had drawn faces on the statue a the Lake House.  In Sharpie even.  I’ve never understood why anyone felt they had the right to destroy something that someone else spent so much time on and is enjoyed by so many people each day.  Obviously, this person’s (or people’s) parents didn’t teach them this sort of respect.  Hopefully, someone will have some Tolulene or some other highly potent and dangerous chemical to clean it off soon.

It’s also too bad that whoever did this can’t draw…