After spending Sunday afternoon doing a leisurely hike on the North Peninsula Rec Area Trails, we decided to kick it up a couple notches for Labor Day. Fuller Lakes is a rugged trail that inclines heavy all the way to the top where the lakes sit among the mountains. From the bottom to the top, we experienced a 1,500 foot difference in altitude in an hour and a half! There were a number of older bear signs along the trail; dried scat and many areas in which the high grasses had been thrashed through, but nothing fresh. The fireweed was past its bloom and was going to seed and we saw a huge flock of birds migrating south. The winter is definitely coming. Fuller Lakes Trail is well known for its population of black bears, in fact many hunters come to this trail for bear hunting season. There are three lakes along the trail. We ventured up to the upper most lake before turning back.
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