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Native Plant Garden at Lake Cunningham

Lake Cunningham Park in San Jose has many great reasons to visit. One is to find and walk around the Native Plant Garden. (https://cnps-scv.org/index.php/restoration/lake-cunningham) While you are there you may also enjoy the largest skate park in California, BMX bike park, water park with water slides and lazy river, playgrounds, paths, and so on.

Lake Cunningham Native Plant Garden
Path through the Native Plant Garden.
Lake Cunningham Native Plant Garden
Looks like a heart 🙂
Lake Cunningham Native Plant Garden
Looking over the lake towards the water slides.
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Reservoir and Drought

Here is Uvas Reservoir now, during our drought. The water is usually much higher.

Uvas Reservoir

Still, that is better than it was five months ago before we had even modest rain amounts. Here is the same spot in October below.

Uvas Reservoir

Below is another part of Uvas reservoir now, during our drought.

Uvas Reservoir

You have to go a ways down to get to the water. Still, that is better than it was in October as seen below.

Uvas Reservoir

It is amazing how many gallons of water that difference represents at just one of many reservoirs we have. I look forward to comparing these photos to future wet and dry years. Interestingly, when it is wet, or wetter, dry, or drier, there always seems to be people out here finding some form of recreation. I didn’t capture it in photos but there are at least 20 people around me as I took these photos on both dates fishing, walking, relaxing, and taking photos.