Water

For those of you who think of California as this dry, brown landscape I thought I would post some water pictures. I took these a couple weeks ago on a single walk on our land. Although there is a quite a lot of water flow, it's probably 1/2 of what you'll see after a couple days of steady rain. With quite a few weeks of winter left, we're already up to 32" of rain and all the local ponds are full. Some of the streams will continue into July; 1 or 2 will last all year although at very low flow.

I'm not sure if it has anything to do with getting more rain but the deer population is way up and the pigs are back. Unfortunately, the pigs do a lot of damage and it is already clear I'm going to have to re-route some of my trails due to their destruction. They do taste good though.

The largest waterfall

One of many streams

The largest waterfall viewed from the other side of the canyon

The lower falls

Another stream

I've never seen another rock like this on the land

Yet another stream

Kit's definition of a "swim"