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A Late May Evening Drive Out by the Creek

·Nevada County, California·#sunset#tahoe#spring#off-roading#jeep
Silhouetted pine trees line a hill with a winding stream in the foreground, under a cloudy sky with sun rays.

I took the Jeep out for a drive on the evening of May 30th. The clouds looked dramatic and I wanted to see what the light was doing as the sun went down. I ended up driving some of the dirt trails around one of the local reservoirs.

The light kept changing, breaking through the cloud cover in intense patches. It lit up the grassy fields and the small creek that was winding through the dry, rocky lakebed. The water is definitely low for this time of year, but there was still a decent flow in the main channel.

I parked for a bit and just watched the weather shift over the hills. The whole landscape was quiet. As the sun finally dropped behind the ridge, it backlit the pines, creating these dark silhouettes against the last light in the sky. It was a simple, nice way to end the day.

A narrow stream flows through green grass and rocky ground, with a treeline on a hill and bright sun on the right.A bright sun shines over a stream winding through green grass and hills with pine trees under a cloudy sky.A wide grassy meadow with a distant dark forest under a cloudy sky.A dark green Jeep Wrangler Rubicon is parked on a dirt trail leading up a scrubby hill under a cloudy sky.Dark, overcast clouds hang over a dry landscape with a winding stream, green hills, and distant snowy mountains.A stream flows through a rocky, dry riverbed towards a dirt path ascending a hill topped with pine trees under a cloudy sky.

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