SPRING LAKE HIKE

YESTERDAY I WALKED AROUND SPRING LAKE AND THERE WERE NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE THERE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A NICE DAY WITH TEMPERATURES OF 65 DEGREES. THERE WAS AN OLDER COUPLE WHO HAD SPOTTED A GREAT HORNED OWL MOM WITH 2 BABIES IN AN EUCALYPTUS TREE WITH A NEST BY THE SMALL LAKE. THERE WERE OF COURSE GEESE SWIMMING IN THE MAIN LAKE WITH THEIR GOSLINGS AND MALLARDS. I SPOKE TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WERE OLDER AN CAME THERE TO WALK MANY TIMES. THE LAKE WAS VERY FULL AND MUDDY FROM RECENT RAINS THAT WE HAVE HAD. THEIR WERE SOME CORMORANTS AND I NOTICED SEVERAL BOATS WHO HAD NO LUCK IN CATCHING FISH. I MET A YOUNG COUPLE WHO WAS WALKING A DOG SIMILAR TO OUR OLD DOG ROSY. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SPEED BIKERS WITH MOUNTAIN BIKES WHO PROBABLY WENT OFF TRAIL.