A Walk Around Lake Balboa
Heron in the Sun, originally uploaded by lavocado@sbcglobal.net.
Lake Balboa is another part of the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area. It is an artificial lake fed by water from the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant. On Tuesday, Buddy and I circumnavigated the lake. We stalked this heron for a while. This picture shows how close we were able to get.
There are signs that say, "Do Not Feed the Birds." I found people not only feeding them, but also photographing each other feeding them.
The water from Tillman is pumped here:
and enters the lake here:
I liked this man taking a picture of his friend:
under the cherry trees which have more leaves now:
The park was inhabited by young mothers with little children, middle-aged people with elderly parents, people of all descriptions with their dogs, as well as ducks, geese and......
As I was tiring and wondering how much further I had to walk, I looked ahead and realized I was almost where I had started.