La Platte River 8/18

On Sunday, Jane and I rode up to Shelburne, VT to go kayaking with Elaine. We put in at Shelburne Bay and headed up the LaPlatte River.

Shelburne Bay
Shelburne Bay

Tree arching over the river
Tree arching over the river

The river was full of wildlife. We saw several types of ducks, herons, osprey, cedar waxwings

Wood ducks
Wood ducks

Osprey with a fish for baby
Osprey with a fish for baby
Baby osprey
Baby osprey
Great blue heron in tree
Great blue heron in tree
Common egret
Common egret
Cedar waxwing
Cedar waxwing
Cardinal flower
Cardinal flower

There were points that it was difficult to navigate the fallen logs,

Elaine navigating a snag
Elaine navigating a snag

but we all had a good time.