Bob and I, along with our canine walking companions, have recently perambulated (impressive, right?!) around two additional bodies of water, termed lakes for ease of reference and to continue a theme from a prior blog, though the term is not accurate for either. However, if you’re willing to indulge a bit of poetic license, the following is a mostly pictorial summary of the latest two episodes of Pecks Walking the Lakes.
On Sunday, we ventured out without the puppies for a 3.8 mile (one-way) walk to the McLaughlin Eastshore State Park which is a narrow strip of park and wildlife refuge along the San Francisco Bay shoreline of the East Bay. It was a unique park in that it is, for the most part, a walking path between the road and the protected land along the shoreline on both sides of the narrow peninsula that juts into the bay.
We discovered the lovely community of Emeryville on the way.
On Tuesday, we used our home owner’s car (with her permission) to drive to the Lafayette Reservoir for a lovely walkabout with the energetic (ah youth!) Spot and Rubie. This is an amazing wide, paved path around a water storage reservoir (boating allowed but no swimming) that accommodates walkers, runners, and bikes. If it had been in Austin, there likely would have been scooters too. As you’ ll see it’s in a lovely area.
Peckish Travels 