I awoke this morning to a thick fog over the lake and through the trees, and thought “What a great time for walk in the woods!”. The nearby Lake Rabon Park has a small network of trails in the woods, so off I went.

Not much to see from the top of the dam (picture taken from behind the fence with the “nobody allowed on dam” sign).

With the recent rains, there was a pretty good flow through the lake overflow and into the creek below.

Nothing coming over the spillway though. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the water high enough to hit the spillway.

A nice quiet walk along the creek.

Some of the trails involve some climbing.

I was coming to the bridge when a Great Blue Heron flew by, giving me a good look. She landed a bit downstream, where the stream under the bridge meets the Rabon Creek.

I’m pretty sure I saw a Pileated Woodpecker too. No chance for a picture, and I only saw him for a second, but a large black bird with a flash of red narrowed it down.

I wonder if some of these rocks would stil be there if not for the trees (which came first?).

Not all the trails are as nice as the ones above, some are paved.