August 16, 2008

Summer vacation -- Day 1 Bonneville

The hatchery

The flowers are amazing there!


Feeding the trout



The Sturgeon ponds


Meet Herman...a very old, very large sturgeon



The visitors center at the dam

Fish viewing windows...lots of salmon and steelhead swimming by

The fish ladder

It was a beautiful morning. The boys loved seeing and reading about all the fish. The fish hatchery grounds are very beautiful. Gorgeous flowers everywhere!! A perfect start to our vacation.

2 comments:

Lindsay said...

those sturgeon FREAK ME OUT!!

Looks like a great place to stop the next time I head west!

Anonymous said...

I am with Linds on that!
I really need to take my boys down there!