Visitors come out in droves to Folsom Lake to see rare, purple superbloom

Lonnie Wong reports

SWITCH UP IS UPON US.

FOXPRETTY RARE SIGHT.THE LOW WATER LEVEL ATFOLSOM LAKE NORMALLY DRAWS ITSSHARE OF CURIOSITY.

SEEKERS ASWE ENTER WHAT COULD BE ASUMMER OF DROUGHT THAT PARTSOF THE DRY LAKE BED ANDSHORELINE DOMINATED BY ROCKSAND SAND ARE NOW A SEA OFLOOP AND THAT JUS A DIFFERENTKIND OF CURIOSITY.

SEEKERSWE'VE DONE.NATURE HIKES BUT I'VE NEVERSEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

HEREOR ANYWHERE.SUPER BLOOMS HAPPEN WHENTHE TIMING OF TEMPERATURERAINFALL AND DRY SPELLS ORLINE JUST RIGHT.I SUSPECT IS RAIN AT THERIGHT TIME AND THAT'S WHY THEFLOWERS ARE SPECTACULAR.DIFFERENT WILD FLOWERS HAVETHEIR OWN WEATHER SWEET SPOTSTHE GENERALLY COME AROUND TODIFFERENT AREAS ONCE EVERY 10YEARS OR SO.DEATH VALLEY JUST HAD ONE AFEW YEARS AGO THAT WAS.

BEYONDAMAZING, BUT THIS IS THIS ISSPECTACULAR, ESPECIALLY WITHTHE ROCKS WHO DOESN'T LOVEENTICE FAMILIES YOUNG PEOPLEAND RETIREES IN DROVES MOSTEVERYONE HAD A CELL PHONE ORCAMERA.MANY OF THE PEOPLE OUT HERETODAY ARE NO STRANGERS THEHIKING TRAILS HERE AT THESTATE PARK.ACTUALLY WITNESSED THE FIGHTLIKE THIS.KAYLEE REID HAS BEEN TOTHIS PART OF GRANITE BAYCOUNTLESS TIMES AND MADE ASPECIAL TRIP WITH HER KIDSSEEN SNOW.

NEVER THIS GROUPCYCLES BY THE LAKE ONCE A WEEKAND HASN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKEIT.

THE FLOWERS OR THE PEOPLEUSUALLY 2 OR 3 CARS.THE PARKING LOT AT THE BIGSPITE AREA WERE CLOSED EARLYAND RANGERS HAD TO REMINDVISITORS NOT TO PARK ON THESIDE OF THE NARROW ROADS.

IT'SAMAZING THIS TRIO WORE DRESSESINSTEAD OF HIKING THE TIREAFTER SEEING INSTAGRAM PHOTOSOF THE SUPER WANTED TO DRESSFLOWERS WE LOVE TAKINGPICTURES SO WE WANTED TO DRESSUP FOR THIS RARE OCCASIONPEOPLE ARE MAKING THE MOST OFTHE MOMENT SUPER BLOOMSUSUALLY LASTS JUST 2 TO 4WEEKS.AT FOLSOM LAKE LONNIE WONG