This weekend was the opening weekend of the Salmon Run at Taylor Creek. I was excited to take Matt and Kelsey (who have never been), also there were all kinds of activities for the kids planned including the Kokanee mascot and Smokey the bear were going to be there. As soon as we arrived at the parking lot and discovered it blocked off I knew this was not going to go as planned. We walked to the trail head and began on the Rainbow Trail.
This is where you would first greet the rangers and they would be all along the trail with fun facts and answer questions. Although the government shut down, the salmon were in full force.....
We had fun watching the fish splash and swim all along the river banks.
It was a beautiful day and the water was so clear.
It was a bummer that we couldn't view these guys from the underground river viewing area (it was closed too). But still really cool to watch them. I found it amazing they went as far as too lock up the trash cans in this park...really?
After walking the river we decide to walk along Lake Tahoe to the Tallac Museum. The Tallac Historic site is 3 early 20th century retreats of SF socially elite families. There are 3 huge estates including the Baldwin Estate, The Pope estate, and the Vahalla Estate.What should have looked like this....
was all boarded up and locked. We couldn't even peek in the windows...boo!
We enjoyed walking around the grounds, and sitting under one of the gazebos of the Pope estate where the ladies would have tea by the pond.
It was the perfect time of year to hike with temperatures in the 70's and the colors changing all around.
We ate lunch and then decided we had better head back home before someone had to use the restroom....because that's right those were closed too!
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What a neat little outing. Mark was drooling over the Salmon....wondering why he wasn't invited~ha;)
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