Sylvan Lake

On Tuesday, we decided to drive the Needles Highway - several things we wanted to see along the way... the first was Sylvan Lake. Our friend John had told us (and shown us pictures) of how beautiful Sylvan Lake was...

On the way, we saw Washington's profile...

There are many places along the roads and in the town of Keystone from which you can see Mount Rushmore.

Beautiful rock formations all around...

And warnings about low and tight clearances upcoming...

Well... that one doesn't look so bad!

We came to Sylvan Lake - we had not visited it on our previous trip to this area.

The map on the information board showed a walking path all the way around it.

The lake was formed by man-made a dam on the creek at the end of the lake.

Looking back across at the day use area.

It was so beautiful how the huge rocks came right down into the lake.

I was enjoying the beauty!

Gorgeous

There was a bridge over the area where the dam was at the end.

It was cloudy and appeared that rain might come, but we didn't get rained on.

The bridge across the dam area

Beyond the dam area

Looking back at the path that we had taken around that side of the lake

We went around the side of the rocks next to the dam and bridge and found a passage through the rock...

There's Dwayne at the other end!

The dam and bridge over it from the creek area below.

Steps were carved into the rock in some places

Looking through the rocks toward the lake

So peaceful

It looked like this area at the other end of the lake from the dam may have hosted a wedding recently.

It would be a beautiful location for a wedding!

Sylvan Lake was just our first stop on the day... more later on our other views for the day!