One nice thing about a grey, cloudy day with the threat of rain is that it’s even easier to notice and appreciate the bits of color nature has to offer in the spring. I had already walked past a lot of other flowers, including some really beautiful Itherial’s spear, when I noticed the bright red and black of a ladybug […]
I’ve been climbing an awful lot of hills on my hikes lately, but that’s partly because the view is so much better from up high. Here are a few of the literally breath-taking sights I saw when I spent the afternoon wandering along the bluffs in Fair Oaks a couple of days ago.
Three bridges cross this stretch of the American River, connecting Fair Oaks on the north bank and the community of Gold River on the south bank. The westernmost span is Jim’s Bridge (discussed in last week’s post here); just upstream lies the Sunrise Boulevard bridge, built in 1955. The easternmost crossing is the Old Fair Oaks Bridge. This double-span Pennsylvania […]
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge — May 19, 2018
I saw classics from nearly every decade at the recent car show, but my favorites were those from the 1930s and 1940s. I wonder what their original owners might think if they could see them now?
Here are a few images from last Sunday’s classic car show in Fair Oaks Village. I don’t go to these too often, but it was a lot of fun walking around checking out all these lovingly restored beauties. I have to say, though, that it wasn’t too easy shooting pictures of very shiny, reflective cars on a sunny day!
I took advantage of the cooler temperatures today to tag along with The Big Guy as he visited one of his favorite fishing spots on the river. It was a little after 7 AM when we arrived; the moon was still lingering — very faintly — in the sky.
With all the hiking I do around Lake Natoma, I’ve gotten to be in pretty good physical condition, and climbing hills doesn’t bother me too much. In fact, I enjoy the challenge, and it’s always a healthy aerobic workout. But it never occurred to me last Monday when I decided to trek all the way down and then back up this steep hill along the Fair Oaks bluffs that I was in training for some of those crazy hills in San Francisco a couple of days later.