Summer invaded Portland for a couple of days. It's back to clouds today, but the weekend was amazing and lucky me, I had Monday off, the best day. B and I saddled up some kayaks and headed out to cruise the lakes of Sauvie Island. The island was created when the Multnomah River empties up with the Columbia River just northwest of Portland and it has lakes. A bunch of 'em. Who knew?
The water was calm, the sun was hot and the day was so fun. It was just plain summer-ish. We took a 3-hour cruise around Sturgeon Lake and then headed over to the Lodge's for the first bar-be-que of the season. Nothing rounds out a hot day on the water like a brat and a beer. Even though it didn't stick around long, it reminded me of why Oregon is just so dang fantastic. Yeah, yeah, it rains a lot, but when it doesn't, it is beautiful and when we get days like Monday, it makes all the rest totally worth it.
B paddles up on a bald eagle. We also spotted two blue herons, six other eagles, lots of sturgeon wrestling around in the shallow water and three other HUGE birds that we couldn't name.
B paddles with Mt. St. Helens off to the right. We saw the whole Cascade chain from the middle of the lake-- Mt. Rainier, St. Helens, Adams, Hood and Jefferson.
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