For many years, when my Mother was alive we would have the weekly ritual of a Sunday drive. During the summer months, we would make some extended loops. One of these featured Antelope Lake on the side of Diamond Mountain for those who reside on the eastern slope. This would entail leaving Susanville via Highway 36, then going along the east shore of Lake Almanor. Once in Indian Valley just past Crescent Mills is the turn off to Taylorsville and Antelope Lake. It is very scenic especially through Genesee Valley, then one makes the climb up the grade and at the top you are near the splilway of Antelope. The paved road meanders around the lake, eventually takes you to Janesville Grade.
Antelope Lake, by the way, is in Plumas County and is a popular recreational spot for a number of Honey Lake residents. It is part of the State Water Project of the California Department of Water Resources. The projects original intent was to provide water to Southern California to augment that of the Colorado River. Antelope Lake was constructed in 1964. There is a 113 foot tall earthen dam. The lake has a surface area of 931 acres with a maximum capacity of 47,466 acre feet.
One of many great projects !!!!
I can connect the Antelope Lake post to the Buzz Aldrin post: My family was water-skiing with friends at Antelope on the day of the moon landing. I was way into everything Apollo 11, so the adults said we’d be back in time for at least part of the good stuff. Alas, we weren’t. We rushed into the house and turned on the TV, only to see a static shot of the lunar lander while Walter Cronkite and others talked about the once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing Neil Armstrong walk on the surface of the moon.