Our trip to Howard Miller Steelhead Park, Rockport, Washington - April 2008...
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Jackie and I took the RV and three of our cats and headed to the Howard Miller Steelhead Park for the weekend. You can make reservations here. This is a nice campground although most of the sites are less private than we prefer. Try to get sites 8 or 13, if possible. These are on the river and semi-private. |
| We're snugged into site 24 and, on Saturday, the sun is shining brightly. |
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Note that they even let Airstreams into this campground. |
| Sauk Mountain, just northwest of the campground, sports fresh snow from the night before. |
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There were a group of flyfisherman practicing on the wide lawns of the campground. |
| Fishing lines made dramatic swirls in the air. |
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Some of these guys looked like they knew what they were doing. |
| Daisys were blooming in the grass... |
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This deer watched us intently as we hiked the easy trail leading through the park. |
| Lots of Canada geese. |
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Here's a pair of Canadas watching as we pass... |
| Signs informed us a bit on some of the nature surrounding us. The trails are wide and it's easy to walk on mowed grass. |
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Looks like Spring has already sprung for this Robin egg... |
| Maple trees were budding heavily as the daylight is growing longer. |
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Looking downstream on the placidly flowing, Skagit River... |
| Across the river the the foliage is beginning to appear. |
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Upstream there's still snow in those hills.... |
| A lone Eagle perched high in a snag... |
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I really enjoyed this wild hog in the parking lot.... |
| I looked at it longingly but Jackie was having none of it... |
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Pearl is always pleased to be woken from her nap... |
| And Bubba usually get his naps in, too. After all, he has to be awake at 2 AM to honk the horn.. |
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A view back through the campground.... |
| Site number 8 is a very nice pull-through right on the river... |
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When we leave, Sauk Mountain doesn't have quite as much snow on it as it did just a day before... |