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I grabbed the ladies away from shopping in Fredericksburg and we took a mid-afternoon trip to E-Rock. Having climbed the main dome trail before, we opted for the less strenuous Echo Canyon Trail, which crosses a saddle between the main dome and Little Rock to the west.

From a distance the hordes of people looked like ants streaming up, across and down the dome trail. Shortly we were in amongst them, climbing about a third of the way up before our trail split northwest. My objective was to see how much water was in Moss Lake.

Having crossed the saddle and now descending into the canyon, we noted that the trail was rockier and required some scrambling. About half way down the ladies decided to wait for me as I plodded on. A wonderful scene began to appear as I bottomed out in the canyon. Three huge boulders 30 or 40 feet high were butted against each other and 2 or 3 people were climbing on them, posing for photos. A couple of kids were darting in and out of the cave that was formed at the base.

I didn't stop, not knowing how much farther the lake was from here. From this point on, I only saw a couple of people. Moss Lake had plenty of water in it, although quite a bit lower than its high water mark. BTW, for backpackers wanting to use the primitive site by the lake, you won't have any problem filtering here. One large tent was already set up that I could see from the trail.

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