Our little town hosts a fish hatchery- every year the salmon return home to spawn. The eggs and sperm are harvested the mixed, the fish are sent to either the food bank or the cat food plant. Once the eggs hatch, the fish are kept in large tanks, and then they're released into the stream that runs next to the hatchery. The fish travel through streams, lakes, and two rivers to finally make it to the Pacific Ocean. When it's time for them to die, then travel the long journey UPSTREAM to where they were hatched to repeat the process. (These are the same fellows that run through Alaska, that fishermen and fish-eaters love so much.)
My nephew was pretty impressed looking at the tank full of hundreds of 8-inch rainbow trout (another fish that the hatchery keeps. The rainbow trout are put directly into ponds and lakes, to stock them for fishing season.)
Looking into the creek, with all the salmon that have returned. A small dam was built here to stop the fish from going any further upstream, and a gate to the right opens periodically to allow them enter the fish ladder.
Here's the fish ladder- they allow a few fish in at a time, and they continue to fight their way upstream, jumping each level to the next.
A little daunted at taking five children out, ON MY OWN (my sister was busy,) everyone chose hand-holding buddies, to prevent any sprinters. Then, I assigned everyone numbers. When I yelled "Count off!" you better believe they ran together and bellowed their assigned numbers, IN ORDER. Military precision, that's how we take kids out in public.
This was the third part of our Adventure Day. After this, we all piled back to Aunt LoLo's house for dinner. Wonder Daddy, and two of my very good friends, joined us. Us big girls stayed to chat a bit and drink steamed milks, while Wonder Daddy took our kids home for bed. Can I brag and say that my (unmarried) friends had stars in their eyes when Wonder Daddy kissed me goodbye, and took all three kids out to the car to take them home and put them to bed? They didn't know such men existed outside of fairy tales.)
My nephew was pretty impressed looking at the tank full of hundreds of 8-inch rainbow trout (another fish that the hatchery keeps. The rainbow trout are put directly into ponds and lakes, to stock them for fishing season.)
Looking into the creek, with all the salmon that have returned. A small dam was built here to stop the fish from going any further upstream, and a gate to the right opens periodically to allow them enter the fish ladder.
Here's the fish ladder- they allow a few fish in at a time, and they continue to fight their way upstream, jumping each level to the next.
A little daunted at taking five children out, ON MY OWN (my sister was busy,) everyone chose hand-holding buddies, to prevent any sprinters. Then, I assigned everyone numbers. When I yelled "Count off!" you better believe they ran together and bellowed their assigned numbers, IN ORDER. Military precision, that's how we take kids out in public.
This was the third part of our Adventure Day. After this, we all piled back to Aunt LoLo's house for dinner. Wonder Daddy, and two of my very good friends, joined us. Us big girls stayed to chat a bit and drink steamed milks, while Wonder Daddy took our kids home for bed. Can I brag and say that my (unmarried) friends had stars in their eyes when Wonder Daddy kissed me goodbye, and took all three kids out to the car to take them home and put them to bed? They didn't know such men existed outside of fairy tales.)
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Looks like a great adventure! And sounds like you have a keeper of a prince charming there:)
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