The Duffel Bag: Dry Creek Waterfall

Where the spirit leads the feet will follow.

Down distant paths for unmapped miles.

Heads forget but hearts remember:

The art of living knows no bounds.

"The best journeys answer questions that in the beginning you didn't even think to ask." - Jeff Johnson, 180 Degrees South

"The best way out is always through" - Robert Frost

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way". - Marcus Aurelius

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Sunday, March 22, 2026

Dry Creek Waterfall Paddle

We try to paddle out to the Dry Creek falls on Lake Sonoma every April. This year the lake is full, so we made the paddle early. With the lake so full we were able to paddle right up to the "Shangri-La" area right below the waterfall (usually it's a half mile hike with the water level at normal).

About 11 miles round trip.

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Dry Creek Waterfall Paddle

Our annual paddle out to the Dry Creek Waterfall at Lake Sonoma.

Typically we do this in April before the creek warms and fills with algae. With the late Spring rain storms we had, the lake is plum full and the creek water was running COLD!

10+ miles round trip and this year we were able to paddle within about 200 feet of the falls, so there was not much creek hiking.