We thought about going to the last day of the Washington state fair on Sunday, but there was rain forecast and it's a two-hour round trip drive, so we decided instead to go see the salmon that are swimming into the rivers and streams to spawn. We started at the Issaquah Fish Hatchery because we knew there would be lots of chinook and coho in the fish ladder and the creek that leads to it, plus trout in the holding tanks. Then we went to Confluence Park, where there were mostly ducks in the creek. And since we were right nearby, we visited the Jakob Two Trees troll by Thomas Dambo in the woods along the Rainier Trail.
We had brought lunch with us, and since the weather remained dry, we drove to Lake Sammamish State Park, which has a picnic area near the bathhouse overlooking the beach. After we ate, we walked on one of the woods trails along Tibbetts Creek, which had lots of salmon and many water birds -- mergansers and grebes as well as mallards and geese -- and met a ranger who showed us where the beavers were taking down trees. It started to rain as we drove home for the end of the terrible Mariners game -- the Orioles had already won -- though at least the Seahawks won. Now we're back to Grantchester.
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