I wanted to keep it…

Update: A couple days after I found the slide, it was still there (well, it fell off the pillar I left it on), so I did end up bringing the slide home.

A couple days ago we went on our evening walk and early on I came across this photo slide on the sidewalk, a picture at a “Lyon’s Lake”, from July 1971:

I thought about keeping it as a random keepsake, as if I found it in some antique thing I bought, or something, but decided not to, placing it on a nearby pillar, in case the owner came back to the area and retrieves it. I haven’t checked back to see if it’s still there.

I looked up “Lyon’s Lake” and found that it is not possessive, rather, “Lyons Lake”. But also, looking at the pictures for that small lake, if it’s the location about 4-5 hours away from here, it didn’t seem to match up with the slide picture. The lake is very small, surrounded by rocky terrain.

Screencap from Google Maps

It’s likely the picture was taken at Lyons Dam, especially since there’s a railing in the photo and I saw a railing overlooking the dam in Google Maps photos of the location. Looks like a nice place to visit.

The benefit of having a dual-screened mobile device (a Surface Duo 2), Google Photos open on the left, Google Maps open on the right