Clouds over water
Some of the views from my Friday hike along Brown’s Ravine South Shore Trail at Folsom Lake.
Brief bloomers
Here are a few more wildflowers I’ve seen on my recent outings.
Practice session
It was sort of annoying, hearing the constant noise of a helicopter coming and going all morning as I was headed out on my hike — but I was actually more annoyed at the fact that all the trees around me were shielding my view, even when the chopper sounded as if it was right on top of me! Things […]
Peanut Point
Today I spent my afternoon hiking at Folsom Lake, from Brown’s Ravine boat ramp to Peanut Point and then back again. That’s roughly a 10-mile hike, and I sat down only twice — once to eat my lunch around noon, and again on the way back, when I tried to cross the creek and slipped on the wet rocks. (On […]
Oh deer
I knew I was going to have a good day of hiking when I ran into this youngster only a short way down the trail.
Crossing Creeks, Part 2
Here are a few more images from my recent hikes at Brown’s Ravine and Snipes-Pershing Ravine.
Shelters adrift
Throughout the last few years as I’ve been hiking the trails in my area, I’ve noticed some landmarking trends that seem to come and go in popularity. There was a time when I used to see stacks of rocks practically covering Mississippi Bar, and now (thankfully) I see them more rarely. Much less common but in some ways more interesting […]
Persistence
Off season
