Soaking in the Sights

 

While on our little getaway, we hiked the Cable Bay Trail to Joan Point. It's a beautifully maintained trail, very wide at first, before narrowing to wind along the water. Our goal was Dodd Narrows. Tim checked the tide table so that we could ensure being there at maximum current. En route, I noticed a few pink petals on the ground and looked up to see where they came from. The blooms are from salmonberry bushes that will ripen in late summer. 

Watching the water swirl and rush by is enjoyable, but how fun it was to watch numerous sea lions cavorting in the current. They swam, lithe and smooth, diving and leaping in pure joy, with snorts and puffs of air as they surfaced. Upstream they went, then turned around and rode the current downstream in the rapids. Occasionally they surfaced in front of the rock where we sat, and regarded us with curious eyes.

(edited) Bald eagles soared overhead. I noticed the white head of the Bald Eagle and photographed him calling out to his buddies, but I didn't notice the other eagle, very likely a juvenile eagle, until I looked at the photo on my computer. 

Thanks to Judy who suggested these might be juvenile eagles and not Golden Eagles. I think she's right. 

Just around the corner from the foaming rapids and sea lion activity is a small cove with still green water. Deep in the water a few bright orange starfish curled against the rocks. Here the water looks green rather than blue, yet this scene is less than 100 feet from the rushing current.

I was so happy to see the delicate fawn lilies studding the forest floor with their star-like beauty. To take a photo of the flower center requires getting right down onto the ground for they are shy and never look up. 

And so begins another month - April - when spring rushes out in full force.