Walking in the snow at Carey Lake! Someone gets Princess treatment and gets pulled!
The iced over and frozen section of the Yakima River, as seen on our drive down the canyon.
A small part of a herd of Big Horned Sheep we saw.. it was too bad I did not have a better zoom!
Hard to see - but these two Bald Eagles were HUGE! Very impressive on top of the tree!Today the kiddos and I made our monthly trek down to Costco in Yakima. Though we had a trace of snow in the morning - the sun came out and it was beautiful! We enjoyed our usual (super cheap!) Costco lunch and then instead of coming back the freeway - we went on via the Yakima River Canyon - which adds about 15-20 minutes to the trip - as you tend to slow down and watch the wildlife!
Today was a great day for spotting "critters!" We saw two fairly large herds of the Big Horn Sheep, a few handfuls of deer, four hawks and TWELVE bald eagles! In all my years of driving the Canyon (which was twice a day when I commuted to Yakima for almost 10 years!) I had NEVER seen that many in a trip! The kids had fun keeping count, as well as watching them fly really close to the car! One of the herds of sheep was low - so we got a picture - which is tough as you don't want to stop on the road and get hit!
So we got a picture of a pair of eagles on one tree, a small section of a herd of sheep, and a picture of all the ice on the river!
All in all - so far a decent day off from school - though I am truly excited for them to go back tomorrow!
Other good news - after 6 days without good running water - it finally thawed late yesterday afternoon... the temps stayed in the low 20's most the weekend - so the ice finally melted in the line! We have never gone that long without it! UGH!
Yesterday - we took the kids and the dogs for a walk near the river at Carey Lakes.. it was pretty cold - but good for everyone to get out and exercise! Little O got some special treatment - she got to ride most the time in her wagon.... Luckily for us, her brothers took turns pulling!
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