Paddling & Hiking Continues

Canoed at the Reservoir on the 25th, 28th & 31st. Nice area to paddle. Trees all around the reservoir plus today (31st) we saw lots of kingbirds, redwing & yellowheaded blackbirds, ducks, geese & goslings, grebes, pelicans, coots, teal, red-tail hawks, bald eagles & herons in their rookery with their young looking pretty big. The carp were in big groups spawning & would swim in a circle & splash all over the place, there were hundreds of these doing the same mating dance. The hawks were making a new nest as their previous years nest was taken by a goose family! Warm again today. Its been in the 80's for about a week. Very nice canoe weather. Also this week we hiked up Priest Pass. Its nice having so many nice mountain hiking trails near town. On this hike we were looking for new cross-county ski trails. We like to discover new areas where we think we may be able to forge a new trail for back-country skiing. Lots of glacier lilies & spring beauties & butter cups. Very nice day for a hike in the mountains as it is a very beautiful time of year.