Leon Turnbull Photography

This is a very cool place in Colfax overlooking the North Fork American River. It is an easy hike, and there are even some waterfalls in the area as well that I went to. I came here after work one day last week. I arrived a bit later than I wanted to though, and the sun had already gone down behind the mountains. Still though, you just can’t beat this view, and an amazing display of wildflowers here.

The reason I was a bit late was because I was in search of another new waterfall in the Colfax area. Whenever someone tells me about a new waterfall, I really have to remember to ask this question to them: How high is it? What I found was only a small 5 foot high falls, not even worthy of mention. Argh. That little detour made me much later to this wildflower location than I wanted to be.

Well I did come back here on the weekend though, this time with my family in tow. I still need to process those pictures, so I’m not sure yet if I have anything better than this shot. The hike was sort of easy enough for my 5 year old girl, but she did complain quite a bit on the way back, so I guess it was a bit too long for her. There was also quite a bit of poison oak along the trail, so I had to keep telling her to watch out for the oak and not touch it. Nonetheless, I think both the kids and my wife all enjoyed the outing. And by the end of the day, the kids were quite good at identifying poison oak!