Nature Walk: Nisqually Wildlife Refuge

Yesterday, when the weather was so nice and sunny, we decided to go for an adventure to the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. J's friend sent has awesome pictures that he took on a visit, so we thought we'd take Sam. Plus, we knew that the relatively flat boardwalks would appeal to Sam's little legs.

The excursion went fairly well. Sam was thrilled at the prospect of using his binoculars, so he was pretty cheerful for the first half. He liked to try and read all of the informational signs about different wildlife, too. About halfway through, though, we began to walk into some pretty dense fog. We couldn't see many birds at that point, and Sam began to complain about feeling cold. So we turned around and walked through the sunny section of the refuge to reach our car. We were glad we got at least a little bit of sun; the whole reason we went on this outing was to be outside in the sunshine!

We'll have to come back in the summertime, when we have a better chance of having continuous clear weather. If anyone plans to go to this area, be aware that there is a $3.00 entrance fee. You also can download a .PDF of the Refuge Trail map beforehand.

Here you can see the fog starting to roll into the refuge. These trees were really interesting, since they were spread far apart and didn't have a lot of branches. J thought that one of them in the far distance of this photo (between J and Sam) looked like a giant skeletal hand that was tilted at an angle, as if reaching out of the ground.