On our "last day" of summer, the girls and I were hoping to go somewhere and play in the water, but the weather had other things in mind...
Since it was plenty warm to be outside (just not be wet), we headed instead to the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge; a place we had driven by a thousand times, but had never been to. There, we took a two mile hike, while watching for wildlife. The girls even brought their binoculars! ;)
They were very good about staying on the path, and remaining quiet, so as not to disturb the wildlife. We saw and heard lots of birds, but the girls were most excited about the three huge blue herons they saw in a giant tree.
The "big find" of the day though? Nutria! (Blech.) A whole family of them were swimming around in the river, then hopping out to dig up weeds for lunch, and take them back to the river to nibble. They were not afraid of us at all, and at one point we even found ourselves surrounded, with several critters on either side of us on the trail. Eek! The girls loved it, and even thought they were "cute." Definitely a fun (and free!) outing. :)
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