Tag Archives: Draper Lake

Draper Lake: A Small Point

The temperatures were just about 60°F (16C) and rising, stiff southerly breeze and partly cloudy when I left the apartment. Skies cleared during the ride. I headed out to Draper Lake on the Post Road corridor and just chugged against … Continue reading

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Cycling: Another Draper Point

Today’s adventure offered lots of surprises. I recommend you click the map to get a look at it; CTRL-click to keep it open in another browser tab. I came in via the Sooner Road corridor and simply rode off the … Continue reading

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Cycling: Little More Poking Draper

It was pretty warm by the time I got out on my bike — 70°F (21C). Somehow I knew this wouldn’t be much of an adventure, and I didn’t run across a single place that called my name. Still, I … Continue reading

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Photography: SE 134th at Draper Lake

(Note: The hard drive arrived and I’ve installed Xubuntu and everything is working just dandy; the laptop is now my desktop.) Today I felt drawn to explore SE 134th where it runs west from the lake into the Cross Timbers … Continue reading

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Cycling: Unhappy Trails

This was not one of my more pleasant and uplifting rides. All the way out, taking the Post Road route to Draper Lake, I kept having to fiddle with the rear disc brake. Then, as soon as I entered the … Continue reading

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Cycling: Draper’s Longest Trail

As always, click on any image to see it full-sized. CTRL-click will open the image in a separate browser tab. Today’s satellite image has numbers to indicate where the camera shots occurred. This is the second longest peninsula, but the … Continue reading

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Cycling: A Long Trail

As always, click on any image to see it full-sized. CTRL-click will open the image in a separate browser tab. The satellite image today depicts the single largest peninsula on the north end of Draper Lake. The pink dotted line … Continue reading

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Photography: Tramping Upper East Elm Creek

As always, click on any image to see it full-sized. CTRL-click will open the image in a separate browser tab. Today was long, not because of the distance I rode, but the time I spent tramping around in the woods … Continue reading

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Photography: West Elm Creek Again

As always, click on any image to see it full-sized. CTRL-click will open the image in a separate browser tab. It was a foggy morning, tough on landscape photography. This first image is two shots taken from roughly the same … Continue reading

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Photography: North Draper Construction

As always, click on any image to see it full-sized. CTRL-click will open the image in a separate browser tab. The last time I saw Draper Lake was before the collision six months ago. The first image shows the far … Continue reading

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