A lake in Watsonville was not exactly on my list of places-to-see in California. But one day we decided to go strawberry picking and landed up in a farm in Watsonville. Once we were done with the farm activity, we had more time on us, so we thought we’d see a little more of Watsonville. Since it was Cinco de Mayo*, we had to skip the drive through downtown Watsonville and go to Pinto Lake instead.
We went, we saw and we really liked the place. The lake was serene and beautiful, there were a few boats on the water and lot of birdlife, both in the water and outside. There were picnic tables, grills, swings and slides. Most of all, Pinto Lake seemed to be quite a peaceful place. A place where the locals hung out on a bright, warm Californian day.
Here are some pictures from Pinto Lake. You might want to have a BBQ there this summer or next.
451 Green Valley Road Watsonville, CA 95076
(831-728-6194)
For more info – http://pintolakepark.com/
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beautiful place…
wonderful photos…
thanks for sharing
My pleasure, Thank you. 🙂
Beautiful photos.
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Thank you, Niranjan.
Looks Peaceful and serene
It really was a very quiet place. There was something really nice about it. There were people around there, but it still felt very calm, like the water was sucking up all the noise.
Hi Divya, Lovely and splendid pictures. Looks like you had a great time eating,playing,sailing and bird watching ! Warm Regards Ram
Thank you Mr. Ramakrishnan. It was nice, easy afternoon. We didn't go sailing though…it was too hot for that. It looked like a great place to do some bird-watching, I must say. 🙂
Lovely destination for a picnic and very eye catching pictures, Divya:)
It was a quiet and absolutely lovely lake. Thank you.
Lovely place. Visited a similar mcritchie reservoir in singapore. It was very nice. U can read more about it in my blog i wrote after visiting the place. Lovely blog. Like ur simplicity in writing which i have to learn.
I went through that post of yours.
Thank you for your kind words. Keep dropping by 🙂
looks great. California's a great place to hang out in the sun, esp for me 🙂 who was coming from the east coast winter
I should try this next time
California IS such a fun place, right? :).
This lake, to me looked like a well-kept secret. Looks like only the locals know about it. It was scenic and pretty quiet.
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