The recent weather has been overcast\nskies with intermittent rain. These disappointing conditions have\nkept us pretty close to our trailer which is currently parked in\nspace 107 at Paradise Thousand Trails Resort in Silver Creek. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tFortunately, there was a lull in the\nrain this afternoon so we took a spin along the banks of the Cowlitz\nRiver. After just a few miles west from our campground on WA-12, we\narrived in the town of Salkum. There’s not much in the downtown area\nbut they do have a nice regional public library with speedy internet.\nIn Salkum, we turned south until we arrived at the banks of the\nCowlitz where there is a little side road to a salmon hatchery. There\nis a nice big parking lot for boat trailers and RVs, the hatchery\nponds, mysterious pieces of fixed equipment behind fencing and the\ngorgeous emerald green waters of the Cowlitz as they tumble over a\nbarrier dam and fish ladder. Because of the extremely slow nature of\nour wanderings, we were able to linger near the barrier dam where we\nsoon spotted very husky salmon jumping up the waterfall and into the\nupper reaches of the river. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tOur next stop was just a few miles\nfurther west along the riverbank. We pulled into the Cowlitz’s trout\nhatchery. We visited this facility on previous visits to the Cowlitz\nand the last time here we spotted a pair of bald eagles perched in\nthe riverside alder trees. They would have a superb view of the\ntrout- and salmon-filled water rushing by below, allowing them a wide\nselection of fish dinners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our friends weren’t there today but\nwe’ll be checking back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We continued downriver until we got to the village of Toledo where we crossed the river to the south bank. The road on the south bank is quite different from the road on the other side. There are some very nice houses concentrated near Toledo, but the further you go upriver, the less there is to see. The river is only visible from a few spots and the road eventually craps out in an enormous expanse of stubby reforestation and a view of only the gravel. We turned around when we ran out of road and headed back through Toledo to our cozy trailer. Not long after we arrived home, the rain started up again and it was open for business. We are glad we have sealed up all the leaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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