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