Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Leavenworth Fish Hatchery Walk


The morning after Grandpa John and Grandma Carol (Annie's parents) arrived we drove up to Leavenworth to visit the fish hatchery. We looked at all the fish in the pens, fed the trout and saw workers taking the eggs from the adult Chinook salmon.




[above] This man was placing the fish in this sorting machine that was able to read if the salmon had a wire in it or not. If the fish had a wire it went on to the inspection [below] where they logged it's length, sex, and other characteristics.


We strolled around the various paths that weave in and out of the forested area.


We were very surprised to see a rattle snake hidden up in the grass. It sounded like a sprinkler system as it shook it's tail.


We tried every trick in the book to wake this sleepy angel... we hear that Great-Grandma Koke wants to see a photo of her beautiful blue eyes! We'll keep on trying! :)


Grandpa John thinks she's the cutest thing ever!

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