I've written about the vermilion lakes before - it's one of my favourite picture spots in the parks. It's really easy to get to and the views of Rundle mountain are unsurpassed. Mostly I think I like it as it's a great spot to practice photography. No matter how many times I shoot these lakes the results are always slightly different - weather changes, reflections, clouds etc. all make for awesome photographic opportunities.

Memories

Growing up we had a lot of these kinds of lakes in the foothills. Marshy bottom lakes that if you walked in, it would suck your feet in. We actually had one right behind our house. If you went for a swim, you'd never want to touch the bottom....too gross. That said, we use to build all sorts of rafts to float out into the middle. Sure enough we would always try to throw each other in. That's when we learned about leeches. 2 minutes in the lake and your legs would be covered in them.

I'm grossed out just thinking about it.

I can't imagine the vermilion lakes have many leeches...too cold. But I'm not going to test the theory. :)