Saturday, July 12, 2014

Columbia Springs

Last weekend we visited Columbia Springs, a trout hatchery and nature preserve in Vancouver.
Louis and Alice really liked the pond that housed the fish you were allowed to feed.
Rainbow and Brown Trout.  They were much bigger than I expected. 

We went on a nature walk to check out the two lakes and do a little bird watching.  The lakes are a favorite summer spot of some local ospreys (which makes sense, since they are full of fish) and we were hoping to see one. 



We saw a crane at the lake.  Later, just as we were getting into the car, a giant osprey flew overhead.  It was pretty cool, but was too fast for me to get a picture. 

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Baby, You're a Firework

I hope that everyone had a great 4th of July.  We had a quiet holiday at home.  The highlight of our day was defiantly the fireworks. 
Alice got to stay up this year for the first time. 


She also picked out the ladybug shaped fireworks (which actually turned out to be pretty cool).

You can still get fireworks that shoot up into the air here is Washington.  It's really quite something.