Neither of us had any appointments today so last night GW and I decided to take a Mental Health Day. We both slept in a bit this morning then read the paper & drank coffee until about 11:00 or so. Then it was time to hit the water.

On the way there we picked up some chicken for lunch, took some pics of a perfect truck for Doggg, then hit the water. It was beautiful. Very few other boats out, about mid 90's, zero winds.

We went to a spot we haven't gone to in a long time and dropped the hook.



Here's an interesting boat that passed by. It's a cruise ship out of Portland that comes up the Columbia then up the Snake River to Lewiston. Spendy bugger...a couple thousand for the week cruise, but I understand they treat you pretty well.

That cruise ship looks nice but I bet your digs is a better setup

Very nice, the admiral and I are taking next Monday off to do a similar relaxing day on the water.

At first glance, I read, GW and I played hockey today.

I thought maybe GW was looking for a creative way to put a hurtin' on you!

Hookey good, hockey bad.

GW and I went for a walk this evening and it turned out to be much better than we expected.

This is what the sunset looked like when we started...


We walked down along the river to a place where there was a beaver den and also where a neighbor told us he'd seen the red fox family. GW and I had seen the male last year but hadn't seen him lately. Here's what we found....

Here's the den with two pups playing outside. Not sure where mom and dad were, but we were able to get pretty close to the pups. The pics are a little shaky because I was on 18x zoom on the camera, and the light was a bit low.



Animal lover that she is, GW couldn't resist 'talking' to the pups. One of them crawled up the bank to see what she was up to. The pup is about 15' from her when I took this.


We walked on down to where the beaver hut is and this is what it looked like.


We saw three different beavers swimming around and I got shots of two of them. Only this shot came out enough to see what they are.


As we were getting ready to head home I got this sunset shot. This is pretty typical of the sunsets we have in this area.


These shots aren't up to the standard that Troop has set, but they're not too bad for a rookie with a cheapie camera. Hope you like them.

Those beavers did a good job on the graffiti.

Great pics! You sure live in a beautiful area. Gotta love the simple things in life. I remember those, before teenagers...

greats pics. can;t believe how close to baby fox gw was able to get. i need a mental health day or twelve myself. unfortuantely, the boat's out fo the water getting new wheels at the moment.

What a beautiful area and some great pics. A mental health day, sounds much better than hooky. I am taking all next week off to spend on the boat so maybe that will help.

Any pictures of the truck?

I need a mental health day as well.

Beautiful spot to set the hook! Nice shots GFC!
Thanks!

Here it is:

http://www.boatingabc.com/forums/ubbthre...html#Post422148

Great pics GFC. I could use a mental health day....

Great shots of the foxes! Always good to have a camera ready when the moment arrives.

Love the pics GFC
Great post

First time I see your boat. Wow. Love the shape. That is something I can see myself into in 15 years.

Nice fox pics.