IntheOutDoors

This hike works as a pick your own adventure, because you may want a quick six mile out and back to the waterfall, the slightly longer 8 ½ mile loop around the lake, or if you are feeling adventurous the…

We looked all up and down Willow Creek Trail and even checked the beginning of Humbug Creek Trail—no sight of Agent Mathison.

Where do we find her. On the pole. Apparently she’s an urban hawk now. But we still love…

Yes, this is the conclusion of Eagle Watch 9.27.26. Which is not to say that the raptor we saw from a mile off was a hawk, because neither of us has glass that good. We eventually found the tree and…

That’s not an eagle photo, so we must not have seen an eagle this morning, right? Well.

Did we see an eagle today? Maybe. Probably. But definitely? Well . . . maybe.

Tiffany and I went by the old nest…

This photo was shot with the OM V ii using M.Zuiko Digital ED 75-300mm.
 

Sunrise Lake Natoma, Folsom, CA—09.20.26

Tiffany and I returned to where we found the eagle nest and spotted this beautiful raptor.

This is too far from Lake Natoma to be one of the pair known as Mama and Papa, but it could be one of…

The chicken of the Woods is a beautiful but destructive mushroom.

It’s  growth indicates rot inside the tree, which the fungi takes advantage of to grow. 

 

Old Salmon Falls and Monte Vista Loop Trails share a trailhead. Complete them as short 5 and 3.2 mile hikes or combine them and possibly a bit towards Brown's Ravine for a six or seven mile hike. If my math…