Going on a leaf hunt

I looked forward all week to going leaf hunting today. Then today got here and I was completely worn out. It was just a really hard week at work and I should have stayed home to rest but instead decided to go leaf hunting anyway.

I stopped at a wayside park on the way up towards Leaburg and found a number of really beautiful leaves.

I started by driving up to the Waterboard park and Leaburg Dam. As you can see the bright yellow leaves look very pretty against the water.

I took a quick walk out onto the road over the middle of the dam. The humorous part was the little old lady who stopped in the middle of the one lane road over the dam to take the same pictures I walked to take. They didn't run me over but you can see why one would want to stop to take a picture.

I found a spot part way between the Leaburg Dam and the golf course turn off that had big rocks out in the river just off the boat ramp. So, I climbed out onto them with my camera. It was fine until I realized there was a guy fishin on the rocks I wanted to climb out to. I did settle for some lesser rocks and enjoyed a rest near the river (these are my feet resting near the river).

I decided to take a left on a road I normally take a right on when I headed back to Eugene and ended up on highway 58 south of Eugene near Dexter Lake. As you can see it was a beautiful sunset over the lake today. A beautiful way to end the day.