I live just a short walk from the American River Parkway. The parkway runs from downtown Sacramento, along both sides of the American river, to Folsom Lake. A total of 32 miles. There is a bike trail and hiking trails that run the whole distance. Almost all the trails are beginner level so it's a nice easy walk or ride. In the summer there is a lot of rafting, picnicking, and fishing. This part of the river runs through a heavily populated area but there is enough land set aside to support many deer, wild turkeys, tons of squirrels, and over 100 varieties of birds. There are warnings for mountain lions posted but I have never seen one or talked to anyone who has seen one. I'm sure it would make a great photo but it's okay with me if I never run into one. I try to make it to the parkway a couple times a week and update this gallery every couple of weeks.

I have expanded this gallery to contain several sub-galleries. My sojourns have expanded to include Folsom Lake and the North, Middle, and South Forks of the American River. I have created a gallery for each of these areas. The newest photos appear at the beginning of each gallery. When a gallery gets too big I split it by year. 

Oct 1, 2008

Pbase has made it a little easier to keep track of where a photo was taken. You can geo-tage a photo now. If a photo is geo-taged, a link (view map) will appear at the bottom of the image. That link will take you to a map and indicate the location of the photo.

May 26, 2005

I try to keep track of where a photo was taken. This is becoming a burden for my poor old mind. (I'm really just getting lazy.) So from now on or until I get a GPS for my camera, like that will ever happen, I'm just going to give the location to the nearest mile. e.g., Mile 19S means anywhere from mile 18.8 to mile 20 on the south bank.