Monday January 27
Today I’m doing a solo hike at brown’s ravine. Before Folsom lake was built this area was a gold mining community. When the dam was built the town was vacated. On this hillside is an old foundation. You can still see the rock basement walls.
This trail has some beautiful views of the lake. The water level is low this year but not as low as I have seen in recent years.
As spring approaches new growth its starting to emerge.
I am regularly amazed at the power of nature. This tree has blown over with a large rock still wrapped in its root ball.
I feel very blessed to live so close to such a beautiful area. When down on the lake side of the hill you can escape the infrastructure and enjoy the quietness of nature. At the top of the hill the roads are visible.
There is another construction project in process that I don’t understand. This dyke was reinforced about 15 years ago. About seven years ago a new spillway was built. Now, they are raising this levee a few feet. If the lake was at capacity on a regular basis I could understand, but it rarely is close to full!
Fungi. It comes in so many neat and varied shapes
One of the neat things about this trail is that a lot of mountain bikes use the area. There a a lot of small side trails that split off of the mail trail.
I ended up doing a figure eight route and hiked 4.7 miles
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