McArthur-Burney Falls State Park

Sometimes sudden serendipity..Sunny unexpectedly viewed a wonderful waterfall today.

I've been there before a few times previously...it is always the same "wonder-fall"

Here is how the river looks at the top just before it takes the plunge. Isn't that tiny waterfall before the big one the cutest thing?


Evidently lots of rivers have water underneath their bed, but this one has porous stones or some such thing that causes the water to shoot out the middle of the cliff as well as tumble over the top.


The scenic, well-maintained, trail connecting the upper and lower view-points was a delight.


Saw some nice picturesque stops along the way. This looks like an ideal place for a nice young couple to get photographed.


Right on cue, here they are! Ready for fame on Sunny's blog.

The picture is worth a thousand words

This was yesterday. Mr. Sunny took a PTO day. The weather was great. The water was smooth. Need I say more? Yes, three more: only one ski!

Something's summery

Sunny is the picture of bravery from the safety of the shore.

Mr. Sunny is not afraid

He's all set to launch

And he's off

bye Sunny man, see you down stream.

Up to our usual antics

We had our usual weekend nature jaunt in spite of the poor air quality from the many current wildfires in California - which this is not a picture of.
Nope, It is just a photo of the sun setting behind the pine trees.


And here is another view of the same.


In case anyone is wondering, it was Mr. Sunny who got these great shots. No surprise there.

Before it "springs" away

Hard to imagine in the heat wave some places have been experiencing,
but, technically it is still Spring for a couple more days. These blooms from the front yard probably won't be around much longer.

Lucky we've had them this long.

They don't last long in Summer.

"It's a waxing gibbous moon tonight.

That means it's 98% full, illuminated from the right."

(Thanks to Rondi for looking that up.)

And thanks to Mr. Sunny for getting pics of it with his new telephoto lens-from Japan, no less.

Today

We joined with some kids and their parents for a ride on some of the lovely bike paths around Lake Tahoe. Sunny kept up and in fact finished the course ahead of anyone else-barely, and only because Mr. Sunny was gracious enough to give her the lead.


This is the point where outlet of the lake forms the start of the Truckee River. The bridge is locally known as "fanny" bridge. No one knows for sure just why but there is a popular opinion. Folks can always be seen standing on the bridge, hanging over the rail, looking for fish and the like in the water below.