The road to the trail has a bunch of potholes, but a regular car can make it. The first 2/3 of the trail is relatively easy grade. The last 1/3 has almost all of the elevation gain in it. This part of the trail has many large rocks and roots. It is difficult on the way down, especially with heavy backpack, so speed is slow here. There are several spots where the trail is easy to lose in this section with a false trail going straight and the real trail splitting to the side of the path in a few spots.
The bugs were everywhere along the trail and at the lake. Moving fast was the only way i could get them not to land on me. At the lake was mostly windy so it wasnt too bad, but as soon as the wind died down for a few seconds i had the little black mosquitoes landing on me. Even when i stopped to take a picture for 3 seconds on the trail i had them all over me quickly, even with the bug spray applied. The trail still has many spots with standing water and a couple waterfalls, so the environment is just right for all the bugs to be an almost constant presence.
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