We've just spent a week canoeing with George's brother Dick. We left the rain in Tacoma, and headed over to eastern Washington where we explored back-roads, canoed Shiner-Hutchinson lakes in the Columbia Wildlife Refuge, and enjoyed the old coal-mining town of Roslyn.It was Dick's idea to disembark from the canoe and hike up to a bluff overlooking Shiner Lake. It was my idea to hold him by the belt, so he wouldn't slip in the sand as he tried to get back into the canoe. He had a bad knee and the ground was soft.
I found wild celery growing here in the reeds. 
This was such a gorgeous sunny day!
