Lake Morena SD County Park April 12-19

Lake Morena  sign  and Pokémon Stop
Left Dos Picos and arrived at Lake Morena County Park after stopping off at Albertson's near Alpine, CA and a hardware store for more supplies.  You can't drink the water at the Lake Morena campgrounds so we picked up more water. Our first campsite was so not level we requested a move. After a $5.00 charge we picked up and moved to site 47. A short walk to the showers and bathrooms. Supposedly washing in the water was not a problem.  We didn't get majorly sick but we now have a water filter on our list.
view from our window
We rode our bikes around to check out the place. There's a poké gym at the Rainmaker memorial, a stop by the playground and a stop at the park entrance. We rode down to the boat launch and thought about taking out a boat to fish later in the week. But ew, eating fish from dirty water didn't seem a great idea. However, there were people pulling out some big bass.
Backpackers coming from PCT

Saturday we did our first hike around the nature trail and up to Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). I wondered why so many backpackers were trudging through the campground towards the bathrooms and showers. (Now, I know.)          We did a lot of bike riding at Lake Morena. Both of us took a face plant while riding on the dirt (muddy) trails. We both managed to find a different ditch to fell into. Luckily there were no major injuries.

Jason and Kathleen's pool
Sunday, April 14th,  we packed up and drove to Jason's for another visit. Spent the morning and had lunch there. Darrel, Jason and the kids played in the new pool.

small store in Morena Village
We spent the rest of the week hiking,  and biking. We hiked Wally's flat trail loop and part way to the PCT (a different spot). That was a long hike.  When we came back I took a 2 hour nap. I never take naps so that lets you know what a hike it was.  We biked to the dam and saw fields with the wild flowers blooming. I took some pictures, but managed to delete them. One afternoon we biked to the malt shop in Morena village and saw where a herd of backpackers stopped for a meal and to use the wi-fi. We had to wait for a booth. They make great burgers, fries and shakes, there. Ok, we only had a lettuce wrap burger but it all looked good.

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