Several years ago when our son Mark visited Folsom for the first time he was making fun of Folsom Lake by exclaiming "what lake!" In those days, the Folsom Dam Road was still open and after driving across the dam, he said "there really is a Folsom Lake!" Over the years we've been boating on the lake and when I ride up to Beal's Point on my road bike I always take a break and enjoy watching all of the fun people are having on the lake.
Well, today I again rode the trails of Granite Bay and was amazed at the lack of water in Folsom Lake. It seemed even lower than my last ride here almost two weeks ago. Certainly there were plenty of mountain bikers, joggers, walkers, and horseback riders out there today. It was a beautiful blue sky day in northern California and with the sun shinning folks were out enjoying nature. Awesome!!
Since I was late getting to the start point today I missed most of the kids. Did see a couple of them out there as I looped around seeking the least challenging route around. The bike handled flawlessly and I took the time to snap a few shots of some of the more technical parts of the trail as well as some shots of the lake ... or should I say puddle!
The bottom line for today: Mark, your comment would be perfect today. If we don't soon gets lots of rain everyone will be saying "what lake?"
1 comment:
It is so sad...we do need rain!
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