This past Saturday I found myself at Crowders Mountain. It was wonderful. Going for a hike is one of the best ways I think I can spend the day. Getting away from school feels amazing after being stuck here since Christmas break. The weather was grand, little to no clouds, a slight breeze & the sun wasn't too hot. We wanted to get near the lake so after some driving & navigating we found our way to the lake. After a five minute walk through the woods we came to the lake. However, it wasn't quite what we had expected. There it was, barren. Dried up. Fresh out of water. I couldn't tell how long the water had been missing. There were weeds & long blades of grass growing on the bottom. It was quite a disappointment since a main reason for going there was in fact, for the lake. At first I wasn't even convinced this dent in the land was the lake. It took me a few minutes longer on the trail to realize that it was in fact the lake we had desperately wanted to swim in. There was even a dock if we had wanted to lay out.