Trip to Concrete To See TheEagles

Last weekend we decided to head up to Concrete to see the eagles. It is their eagle festival all month - the time when the eagles are feeding on the spawning salmon. We expected huge crowds but only saw a few bunches of people and not very many eagles at all. We did see some though.

This one was way across the river . . .

A good close up . . .

Two more, across the river . . .

Nice of them to sit still for us for so long . . .

I think one is taking a nap . . .

The river was fabulous!

There were many boats and kayaks floating down the river, getting a closer look at the eagles . . .

On the way back home we came upon a field full of sunshine. The sun was at that low slanting time and made everything seem magical.

Cows in the sunlit pasture . . .

You can barely see the snow covered mountain behind the pasture . . .

Here's a better look at the mountain - part in sun - part in shadow . . .

Fresh snow . . .

The north side of the mountain had a lot more of the fresh snow . . .

It was a lovely day - and next time - a treasure that we found on that same trip - but not in the mountains and not at the river. But first - the funniest thing we saw on our trip . . .

This young boy was sitting on this telephone pole - just sitting there - right on the edge of the road, well over 25 feet off the ground. I took this picture and then we pulled up beneath his perch and I asked him if he was having a good time and he smiled and said yes, he was. And he told us that not many people had noticed that he was up there. I have no idea how he got up there - if he climbed up the pole he is sitting on he would have black marks on his clothes from the pole. Just a young boy having fun on a Sunday afternoon. What do you do for fun on Sunday afternoons?