Hillbillyhousesitter

Exploring the World Through Pet Sitting: This is Our Journey!

Here is our adventure in housesitting, with lumps, bumps and all! Our origin story is at the bottom, as the first blog post. Enjoy the ride.

Sandy

Maple Ridge Park

On the 6^th day of rain, the sun came out at 3pm! It was such a joyous moment that we had to go outside and go for a walk someplace that the trails hadn’t completely washed away. We headed over to Maple Ridge Park for a little stroll. It has fairly level trails, a lot paved, and many spots to stop and watch the fish run. All in all we were out for a whole hour without getting rained on – whooohoooo! And yes, we did see the fish going upstream. A local fellow let us know that yes, the water level is still quite low (even with the last 6 days of rain). Late October is spawning season for Coho, Chinook, Chum, and Pink Salmon. What we saw were fish maybe 18 to 24 inches long, and no, I couldn’t identify any of them (unless labelled for me in a grocery store!)

It felt like we were playing Where's Waldo with the fish - plenty there if you can spot them!