{"id":1637,"date":"2014-09-05T10:50:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T17:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peachylife.net\/blog\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2014-09-05T10:50:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T17:50:45","slug":"matthieu-lakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/05\/matthieu-lakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthieu Lakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a cloudy weekend, the sun finally came out on Labor Day, so I squeezed in one hike before driving home. The loop to Matthieu Lakes is only six miles and is very pretty.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5579\/15147463142_b5d6f4e58b_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were SO MANY CARS at the Lava Camp Lake trailhead. Lots of backpackers, I assume.\u00a0The first part of the trail is in trees until you reach North Matthieu Lake. This is a really pretty lake that is a popular backpacking destination, despite the fact that it&#8217;s only about two miles from the trailhead.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5582\/14961113869_33d3ab165f_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3877\/15124801166_603d61f6dd_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This area is so popular that the Forest Service only allows camping in seven designated spots at this lake, and three spots at the southern lake. Same situation as you&#8217;d find at Jefferson Park, except that the Deschutes National Forest is WAY better at informing hikers than the Willamette NF is. There is a map at the trailhead and a map at each end of both lakes to let you know about the camping regulation and where you can find the sites. Wish Willamette would do this at Jefferson Park.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5581\/14961592887_6f1b541dc7_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Onward to South Matthieu Lake, which is less than a mile away. This lake is smaller but even prettier, with a partial view of North Sister.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5576\/14961259728_561ccf34d5_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3875\/14961260318_1ca04a5c22_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These lakes, by the way, were named after <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fran%C3%A7ois_X._Matthieu\">Francis Xavier Matthieu<\/a>, who came to Oregon in 1842.<\/p>\n<p>While looking for a private tree off the trail I discovered a view to the east. I think that&#8217;s Millican Crater on the left.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3861\/15144835061_f949be0fbf_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After enjoying the lake for awhile I headed back. This part of the loop is on the PCT and has some pretty great views.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5595\/14961260658_56343ba229_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3840\/14961297288_0e441ebedc_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3863\/15124839586_151abd0009_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5575\/14961297678_909fcbda76_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5587\/15124839886_3b845e1ec3_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Along with the views I could also see down to North Matthieu Lake:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3917\/14961297928_589f3d41b0_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then the trail re-enters the trees and it&#8217;s all forest back to the car. While driving the short dirt road between the trailhead and the highway I saw a guy in his 50s walking along the road (away from the highway, towards the trailhead or campground). As I got closer I saw that he was stark naked except for shoes and socks. He didn&#8217;t appear to be in distress; he was just moseying along in his birthday suit. If he was walking from the lake back to his campsite, that would have explained the lack of attire, but that&#8217;s not the direction he was coming from. How random!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a cloudy weekend, the sun finally came out on Labor Day, so I squeezed in one hike before driving<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/05\/matthieu-lakes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Matthieu Lakes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[45],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}