Water
South Fork Tuolumne River
The South Fork of the Tuolumne river feeds the Rainbow Pools. I ventured upstream a bit to take some long exposures of the water flows.
Swimming Hole
Another vantage point of Rainbow Pools. (If you search Rainbow Pools near Hwy 120, you find several photos of people leaping off the boulder to the right)
Rainbow Pool
4 day holiday weekend and I had the time to explore this place for the first time. Rainbow Pool is just off Hwy 120 outside of Groveland, CA. I was pleasantly surprised on how much water was flowing from this waterfall. This is definitely a new spot to explore more this coming year.
Blue Sky – Blue Water
A nice evening on Caples Lake after the first snow last October. The sky wasn’t anything special to look at until you saw the reflection of it the lake.
Hike to Star Lake
One of my favorite places to hike to in the Lake Tahoe Basin is Star Lake. A little alpine lake that has many fond memories.
Moss Covered Boulders
Reaching into my archives from one of my runs into Yosemite last year. Wandered along the Merced River for this photo. I really liked the mossy boulders.
Grooming and Running
Here’s our friend the mallard standing on a log, grooming himself while the Kokanee run up river.
Kokanee Salmon Run
Taken at Taylor Creek in the Tahoe Basin (2012)
Did you know the Kokanee Salmon are not indigenous to Lake Tahoe? Kokanee were “accidentally” introduced into Lake Tahoe in 1944 from holding ponds that overflowed at the old Tahoe City Fish Hatchery. Three years after their accidental introduction the salmon returned to Tahoe City to spawn. Knowing that the Kokanee would survive in Lake Tahoe, it was decided that the hatchery would do a yearly planting of fingerlings in the tributary streams. These plantings began in 1949. Today, California Department of Fish and Game continues to plant fingerlings in Taylor Creek to maintain a healthy population. Kokanee Salmon are a land-locked form of the Sockeye Salmon that are native to the marine and fresh waters of the Pacific Northwest.
Bottoms Up
Taken at the Merced Wildlife Refuge last year. This duck was bobbing for food.
Snapshots by Kats 