Ashland Lakes — Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020

The gravel road took us 45 minutes to go 5 miles. Unfortunately with the way the economy and world are going I don't see fixing this road on anyone's priority list, so enjoy being able to drive it while you can. The main trail was in decent shape, but all other trails are almost nonexistent. We hiked to the lower Ashland Lake, you can tell that once upon a time people really cared about these campsites, but that appears to be a thing of the past. Our purpose of the hike was to go berry picking for the high elevation Huckleberries, but to my disappointment the berries were not as abundant as previous years. I don't know wether or not it was the weather, but there were no flowers, green berries or old berries. Just a few handfuls of decent berries. It was a really long gravel road for a few handfuls of berries, but an awesome hike and awesome weather.