Walk in the woods
More images from Brown’s Ravine, April 2019.
Bridges
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Bridges.
History along the trail
I almost stumbled into a bit of nearly forgotten history one sunny day last week, as I was hiking along the trail between Brown’s Ravine and Mormon Island at Folsom Lake. At the top of a prominent hill I was amazed to find stone foundations surrounding a large hole in the ground. It was obvious I wasn’t the only person […]
Natural arches
Signs
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Signs: traffic, directional, signs along the roads or on buildings, etc.
Mormon Island Wetlands State Park
A little over a week ago, I finally went to check out this very low-profile state park located along Green Valley Road in Folsom. There are no interpretive signs or even an obvious entrance. I’m still not sure of the exact boundaries of the park; I followed a rather muddy trail that paralleled Green Valley Road for quite a ways, […]
A beautiful day
Riding high
The American River is running fast and fairly high right now; as I stood on the shore yesterday morning, mesmerized by the rushing water, there was nothing that could have induced me to dip even one foot into the torrent. But the birds have seen it all before and seemed more pleased than impressed. Like the Great Blue heron, calmly […]
Rufous-sided towhee
I was lucky enough to see a few of these beautiful little birds near the river today, and especially lucky with the image below.