A SPRING DAY AT SPRING LAKE

One Saturday I visited Spring Lake Park to hike around the lake and back through Howarth Park. There is a peacefulness about the park. I helped the park planners with the concept of the visitor center in the 80's, and I helped the crew conceive of the storyteller's cavern which is made of basalt. The basalt was mined at Annadel State Park by Italians in order to pave streets in Petaluma and in San Francisco.

There are many geese that visit the park throughout the winter and spring. The baby goslings are very cute as they follow each other around in the lake and play and flap their tiny wings.

I also noted a white egret atop some trees. The small swimming lagoon is still not open yet. The lagoon and the lake is fed by an underground spring located toward the east of the lagoon.