We drove through the fog to Pollock Pines, where it was sunny, to walk the entire distance around Jenkinson Lake, beginning at the Waterfall Trail Head.
The trail started out very scenic and continued as the day aged. Our start time was 8:40am.
There were not many people around, nor animals. We saw mostly birds, a couple of squirrels and groups of ducks.
We walked along at a brisk pace, enjoying the peacefulness and the ducks.
It was shady on our side of the lake, but we were headed for the sun.
Considering it was December 7th, it was not too cold and there was no snow...yet.
We made it to the waterfall, and it was raging. Also, there were no people there when we first arrived.
Continuing along the trail, we came upon an old chimney, which we've come across previously, but we keep forgetting to do research on it.
There was steam coming off the lake and a raven was there investigating things.
More scenic views as we continued.
And more ducks.
Next, we crossed the bridge over the dam on the highway, a bit scary.
We saw these strange birds on the buoys...strange because we could not identify them.
Back to the street where we parked. 8.84 miles, not much of gain, but very lovely.
