Scenic Sunday
Folsom Lake Narrows
Here are a few more Fujifilm pictures from February 2021; these were shot just south of the Horseshoe Bar area in Folsom’s north fork. I never really get tired of discovering all the things usually hidden underwater. There are foundations from long-vanished buildings, mysterious broken fragments, and also the type of “structure” — trees, boulders, and ledges — that attracts […]
On the Sterling Pointe trails
We found lots of rocks and boulders, lots of moss and lichen, lots of climbing and descending along the sides of the hills overlooking Folsom’s dry lake bed in February 2021. I shot all these images with my small point-and-shoot Fujifilm camera as I explored the trails that rise and fall, curve, and crisscross each other. It was all too […]
One last look back
You may have noticed I’ve been showing you a lot of photos from the Sterling Pointe area of Folsom Lake. Even though I haven’t been out there in several months, I have so many pictures from previous visits that they just keep turning up. I think this may be the last for awhile, but no promises! The reason why I […]
Dry January
It was early January 2021, and with the usual wintertime low water levels and not much rain, our hike from Sterling Pointe revealed a lot of bare tree limbs, rocks, and sand once we left the higher elevations. Further up, things were more green, but those areas normally covered by water later in the season were now exposed — providing […]
Peninsula in summer
Back in early August 2020, I ventured around to the far side of Folsom Lake to spend a couple of hours at Peninsula Campground. It’s a long, very winding road to get out beyond the private property signs to the state park gate, and in the summer when the water is low, you can look across a narrow stretch of […]
Sterling Pointe memories
More details and colors from Folsom Lake’s north fork, January 2021.
A hike in January
January 6, 2021, was not a good day for the U.S.; but we knew nothing about the events occurring as we happily hiked from the trailhead at Sterling Pointe on Folsom’s north fork that morning. Parking is free and plentiful, with room for both cars and horse trailers. The trails can be a bit confusing, but in general if you […]
Salmon Falls splendor
Colors, details, and wide vistas — all found on an autumn hike by the shore of Folsom Lake, on and around the Monte Vista Trail. I sometimes wish I could have seen this area before the building of Folsom Dam. It’s clearly very rich in history as well as plants and wildlife.