It seems strange to me that I have never been there. We've been to Camanche, Pardee, Lake Amador, and other lakes in California, but for some reason never Folsom.
The first area we visited was Beal's Point. We hadn't been able to understand what Teo Torres had said on the news, so we decided on Beal's Point.
It was dry and desolate, but beautiful in its own way. Hubby made a comment that we didn't have this kind of weeds but then I saw some filaree, and we have lots of that. It is such an interesting plant, with its tiny pink blooms and the "swords" that mean it is also called storkbill.
Storkbill aka filaree
While we were at Beal's Point, there was a woman who came up to me looking for the flowers. I told her I hadn't seen them yet, we were trying to find them ourselves. She was the one who told us it was called "Beeks Bight" and no wonder I hadn't remembered!
So we hopped in the car and made our way to Beeks Bight.
Oh it was so gorgeous!! There were many flowers, some I recognized and some I didn't. I did recognize the huge poison oak patches! At first I thought it was berries, but fortunately I didn't touch anything. HA!
There were lots of paths, and lots of unfortunately trampled flowers. This pictures just show the beautiful foothills.
Since it was pretty early, Beal's Point was pretty empty. It was a different story at Beek's Bight. The main lot was full, so we had to walk a ways from a second lot. Not far, but I can feel it. We need to do this more often.
Lupine is so beautiful. There were lots of patches like this one. So we just wandered around and enjoyed the area.
There were some little kids to flirt with, so that was a bonus.
So here are a few more pictures.
There are still lots of places to explore at Folsom. It opens at 6 am so I am thinking we are going to do some more adventuring here. It really is lovely getting some outside time in the not-city. That will be a lot of peaceful memories for awhile.
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