The Riverview Ranch serves as a visitor center for the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust. The house has been turned into a museum and there's a gift shop in the middle building. A storage building further to the left in this image houses the Trust's canoes, which are used for trips down the river. The San Joaquin River forms into Millerton Lake behind Friant Dam, which shows the orange glow of the setting sun on its face, 7 miles away.The Sierra foothills appear beyond the dam. The bluffs created updrafts of air as the day warms up, so you can frequently see hawks and vultures riding on these air currents.
We made a recreational video about the San Joaquin River around the year 2000, but now want to re-do it in high definition. For that recreational video, we canoed the river from Lost Lake to the Highway 145 bridge (about 33 miles), biked the Eaton Trail, and flew over this section of the river twice. The Parkway expanded several times after we made the video, so it's already out of date. There are plans to eventually construct a hiking trail along the San Joaquin River that would allow hikers and backpackers to start in the Fresno, California area and walk all the way up to the Pacific Crest Trail, in the High Sierra.
Remember, it's not just a photo, it's a story!
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