We got our fill of the lake and returned to the Cafe for ice cream. Then we hit up the Soldier Creek Trail, which is in fine shape.
Water sprang out of the rocks just beyond the junction with the Pinyon Ridge Trail.
Some big trees line this route, and a few are dead. I wouldn't want to be the one clearing them off the trail once they fall.
At the creek crossing someone built a little log fort--or maybe it's a jail.
I was a bit surprised by how much water is still flowing along this trail so late into summer. We returned via the Cedar Canyon Trail, which is slightly shorter than Soldier Creek but steeper.
Cedar Canyon also has water flowing beside it, and there is one tree down across the trail. The path spits you out on the road just below the Cafe, so we had to walk a short distance back to the car. I had parked at the Amphitheater, so we quickly checked that out before calling it a day and driving home.
