We've been working too hard lately and needed to do something fun. We drove 15 minutes to Wenatchee and put the canoe in the water at the Wenatchee Confluence State Park. A short distance away is our favorite spot to canoe, the Horan Nature Area (the marshy canals seen in the aerial photo below). We saw more wildlife today than we have ever seen. There are always a lot of Canadian geese, wood ducks and other waterfowl, but today we saw two deer, a garter snake with it's catch, and a raccoon. It is so peaceful and beautiful we would recommend this little canoe trip to anyone.
Below is a fun little beach that we usually go swimming at. This year the water is a little too cold for our liking, although wading in the water is very refreshing. This is close to the point at which the Wenatchee River meets the Columbia River.
We were so surprised to see deer today. A buck and a doe were wandering about the shallow river.
This was another first for us! A garter snake eating a fish... what an amazing sight! It was really neat to watch it eat this fish whole by dislocating it's jaws. The poor fish was still alive! :(
Above you can see where we found the snake. Eventually it decided it liked where I had been sitting... good thing I had moved by then!
Both of these photos are of the cloud formations reflecting in the water. It was a beautiful day!
