Early Spring in northern California

I went to California on March 13th to help my brother, Tom, shoot an event. I spent a few extra days visiting my brother and sister and found some interesting photography opportunities. Hidden Falls Regional Park is a new park (formerly Didion Ranch land) between Auburn and Lincoln (Mt Vernon Road) in Placer County. The park includes 6+ miles of hiking trails. The Blue Dicks and Shooting Star wild flowers were in bloom and there is a couple of small falls to photograph along Coon Creek. The main falls, at the convergence of Coon & Deadman Creek are not accessible to photograph, but they are building a platform that will allow you to get closer to the falls. I applaud the Placer County Open Space & Conservation project that has allowed land such as this to be spared from the rampant developers that have drastically changes much of the California landscape of the past couple of decades. Here's a link to more info on Hidden Falls Regional Park: http://www.placer.ca.gov/Departments/Facility/Parks/hiddenfalls.aspx.