Sunday, August 21, 2011

HENNINGSEN LOTUS PARK, EL DORADO COUNTY - 8/20/2011 - DAY TRIP



We decided to take a short day trip to Coloma,
to check it out and see what we could see
of the American River
Just before we got to the town we saw a
park along the American River


There was a $3.00 fee to get in
but that is to be expected
when going to a park


We sat in the shade and listened to
music that Dan brought with us
and enjoyed watching families and
rafters enjoy the American River


We decided to take a walk beside the river
within the park on a concrete walkway
which eventually had a large dirt area to the left
that led us to a dirt path to get closer to the river
and allowed you to climb down at some spots
to get closer to the river if you wanted to.
We opted out of doing this as we were close enough
and not into climbing down these steep areas


So glad we did this, although it was mostly in
the sun and pretty hot unlike sitting in the shade


It was beautiful




















We enjoyed our walk and will have to
come back to the area to see more of the river
and check out the bridges that we noticed
as we were leaving and started
driving down the road



Too bad we did not drive in this way
as they had signs on both sides of the road
We passed signs that said:
HUNGRY?
WHOLE PIG
CHICKEN
BURGERS AND HOT DOGS
PIE AND ICE CREAM
MUSIC


We then saw
TURN RIGHT
and drove by where it was held
11am-5pm
August 20-21
We missed it and probably just as well as we were
sure it was crowded, but sure sounded like fun


It was a great afternoon at the park and a fun drive

2 comments:

  1. What a lovely part of the world to visit Darlene! :D

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  2. We are so lucky, Lorraine to have so many places to visit close to home. I have filled a folder full of maps, names of lots of locations to go to, directions and depending on how much time we have or how much time we want to be on the road, we pick one. Then there are the unexpected like this great find on our way to a destination that we have selected. Loving the Summer this year.

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