One of the places we enjoy trekking is the Lake Elsinore
levee, where a kind person came up with the creative idea of a rock snake, that
currently slithers down the trail for over half a mile.
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The white birds are pelicans and egrets
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Carefully painted, decorated rocks adjacent to the path,
pull attention from ducks, pelicans, hawks and egrets like a display at a
modern art museum. There are also rabbits bounding across into wild scrub
brush, lizards sunning themselves on warm rocks, and who knows, maybe real
snakes? Yikes. The rock snake is good enough for me.
Not only cute and
entertaining, we have even added a rock from my personal Desert Rocks
Collection. (Long story, but I painted rocks of the Coachella Valley and began
freelance writing as The Desert Rocks, after leaving the newspaper business.)
The levee is a simple, flat walk with rest stops and fresh
ocean breezes that swirl over nearby mountains from Orange County beaches. It’s
the perfect place to stretch your legs and catch up on some local art!
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| Maybe it's a crow? |
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| A real turkey vulture |
Watch out, is that a turkey vulture?  |
| Vulture at rest |
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| Painted rocks.... |
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| as far as the eye can see. |
