Lake George, Gobblers Knob, West Side Road

My husband and I backpacked to Lake George starting, Friday, August 3, 2012. We started about noon on a warm day. Going up West Side Road was not bad. We hiked to Round Pass where the Lake George trailhead was located on the left. When we reached the lake, it was so emerald green, really beautiful and serene. We were the only ones there so we chose campsite 5 as it had a nice lake view and was close to water. There were hardly any bugs, it was great. My husband and I were the only ones staying at the campground. We did not even have to put our rain fly on our tent as the weather was great! On Saturday, we decided to hike up to Gobblers Nob Lookout, then hike to Goat Lake. There were some small spots of snow on the trail to Gobblers Nob, the trail was really good. The avalanche lillies were beautiful! At Gobblers Nob the views were so awesome! We could see Mt. Adams, Mt. St. Helens, and Mt. Hood. Also had a great view of Mt. Wow and Mt. Beljica. After Gobblers Nob Lookout, we hiked to Goat Lake. The trail to Goat Lake is quite narrow with lots of over growth, but the trail can be seen. Goat Lake was also beautiful. We had a nice lunch there then headed back to our campsite at Lake George. When we got back to our campsite, there were still no other campers in site, so we had the area to ourselves again, it was so quiet. On Sunday, after a nice breakfast, we got our backpacks ready to head back down to our vehicle. We had a wonderful three days. Great lakes, lookout, seclusion and trails.