Two weeks ago we had the opportunity to go kayaking with some people from work and their friends. There were 12 people all together including our 2 guides from a company called Columbia Kayak Adventures here in the Tri-Cities. We found out that one of the owners actually lives just right down the street from us! We have been tempted to "borrow" his kayaks several times on our drive by his house. :)
We had a great time. We explored the Yakima River Delta - where the Yakima River joins up with the Columbia. Right now there has been so much snow melt that the Columbia is very high and swift so kayaking the delta was much better especially since we had some first time kayakers in our group.
It was a great day. Beautiful weather - hot! We saw lots of wildlife - a deer, pelicans, herons, osprey, and plenty of gulls. Since the water was higher we were able to go through some passageways that are usually marsh. At one point, I thought we might see a swamp creature or alligator swim by - it felt like we were in the bayou.
Overall it was wonderful and our 3 hours went by so fast. I can't wait until we can go out again and hopefully soon we'll go out on our own kayaks. Just another thing to save money for!
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