Lakeside

A lone fisherman at Falls Lake.

 

Falls Lake

Clouds over Falls Lake.

 

Just a few

A few trees are turning, but most are still green.

 

Theme day: The Road

The theme this month is "the road".  

This road is not really a road.  It is barricaded and is driven on only by park personnel.  It's a hiking path up to a scenic point on Falls Lake.  They must be warning the hikers to take it slow...or speed up to 10 mph.

 

Peaceful?

It looked like a peaceful lake until the boaters came by...

 

Lakeside

I liked the different textures in this scene.

 

Lake and sky

Falls lake from Forest Ridge park.

 

Lonely stump

Not much left of this old tree.

 

End of the road

Falls lake was especially high.  The trails along the lake were submerged.  The rest were very muddy.

 

Foggy lake

After days of rain, the fog set in.

 

Log rolling gulls

I don't think they meant to do it, but every time the log they stood on rolled, the gulls did a little dance.

 

Busy lake

On one of the last warm days of summer, it seemed like everyone was out on the lake, busily boating,

and quietly fishing.

 

Noisy Neighbors

On a hot weekend, Falls Lake was busy with people having fun and staying cool.  I think the osprey must have moved out of their nest by now.  They don't like noisy neighbors.

Old Stump

I know that you can count rings to see how old a tree is, but when it's a weathered stump it makes me wonder how long ago the tree itself began to grow.

Trash

Old tires...

Chicken bucket....

Trashcan lid...

Broken plastic jug...

And the ubiquitous pop top.

reflection

Another fall reflection

reflected sky

Falls lake looked like a mirror.

Look up, Look down

Looking up into the forest sky

Looking down onto the forest floor.

Fallen tree

This fallen tree reminded me of an Ansel Adams photograph.   Black and white?

Or color?  Which is better?

Old 98

Old highway 98 trail.

The old highway is still there in places.  Falls lake cut it off the highway when the Dam was built in 1981.

The old double yellow line is still visible.