Salmon!

I am continually amazed by the cool things we can see here in this part of the country. I feel like this summer has been so full of wonderful, beautiful things. Beaches, rainforests, lakes.... We are met with spectacular views even when we are just driving down the freeway. I wonder if I'll ever stop feeling like I need to pull over and take a picture every time I see Lake Washington peeking through the trees and shimmering in the sun as I drive past.

I hope not.

The other day, the kids and I stopped and watched the salmon swim up the river. We didn't have to go anywhere special or make a long drive. We just stopped at our favorite walking trail on the way home from the grocery store and there they were.



They have a huge contraption set up in the river to catch the salmon and take some of them back downstream to a hatchery. The boys enjoyed watching the trap full of salmon flopping around. We also watched several flop up onto the grate and then flop themselves back off. I pulled out my trusty phone camera to snap a few pictures. I just love how straight and still the boys are standing in this one. :)



While we were there, a huge truck pulled up (so we moved to the other side of the river) and we watched as the workers walked out into the river with their waders and a net and bagged up fish after fish and loaded them into the truck. 





Miss Ellie didn't care too much about the fish, but she was pretty proud of herself for climbing up onto this wall over and over again.





After that, we enjoyed a nice little walk along the trail.

Hey guys! Wait for me!!