Kylie's Prized Photo:

Hey, Blends!  

The next two posts are long. They involve the photo shoot field trip that I went on with our granddaughter/photographer Kylie to the Fall River Campground and the Fall River Fish Hatchery.  There are some really neat posts on the following page, so please make sure that you check them out too.

After we left the fish hatchery, we took the back road to Sunriver, and Kylie caught this most excellent photo of a blue heron.  Way to go, Kylie!

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The Fall River Fish Hatchery
The Fall River Campground

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Friday Photo Trip #2: Fall River Fish Hatchery With Kylie

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

After we left the Fall River Campground (see more about that in the post below this one), we drove back the way we came for a few miles until we reached the Fall River Fish Hatchery.  

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

Kylie's Photos:

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

The Tour:

Remember, you can click on any photo in this blog to enlarge it for better viewing.  The Fall River Fish Hatchery is a place where they grow fish and then release them into the wild.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

This is one of the buildings where they hatch the fish eggs and keep them until they get big enough to put into the ponds.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

The river is not very wide at this point, nor is it very deep.  Across the river is a subdivision named Fall River. Not shown are homes where hatchery employees live, on site.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

The holding ponds.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

Wires are stung across the holding ponds so that birds can not swoop down and catch a fish for an easy meal.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

A hatchery employee feeds the fish.  They have food that you can buy for .25 a handful, which we did, but he also gave us a Dixie cup full each.  That was nice of him.  We really wanted the cups most of all.  The fish food was stinky, and Kylie froze her fingers when she went to wash them off!

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

Kylie feeding the fish.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Though it is the end of January, it was a beautiful day for fishing.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, Kathy Matthews

What a wonderful time we had at the Fall River Fish Hatchery.  I hope that you enjoyed our visit too.  These photos and others will be in a slide show soon, and it will be posted at the top of this page for a while.  After that, it will be moved to my slide show blog, located on the sidebar.

If you enjoyed this post, please check out these two related ones:
Kylie's Prize Photo
The Fall River Campground

For an up-to-date report about this fish hatchery and more photos from the Department of Fish and Wildlife, please click here.

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Travel/Events: Hit-Machine Rocks the Sunriver Mall

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Cary and I went to Sunriver this afternoon.  We enjoyed walking around the mall, eating Mexican food and listening to a really fun band called Hit-Machine.  Here are some photos of today's band, and a link to their website:  Hit Machine

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

I took a good video but am having trouble loading it.

I wish I would have thought of taking a video when the band had the kids in the audience sing "YMCA".  It was hilarious.  Remember, you can always click on these photos to enlarge them for better viewing:

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

After that, audience members were invited to come on stage and help sing songs. It was kind of like a group karaoke, with a band back-up:  

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

One guy was thrilled to sing Journey's "Don't Stop Believing"; the band gave him his own microphone and he did a great job:

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

  
Hit-Machine made people happy, and that was the very best part of watching them.  Of course, their music was super too! I grabbed one of their cards, and they are also on Facebook.  If I had an upcoming event, I'd hire them.  I'm just sayin'.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

These lucky people are dancing with Ichiro.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Long-legged young ladies listening to the band.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Some fancy dancing going on here!

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

This guy was jumping of the big rock as he enjoyed the songs.

 

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

A bit more of the YMCA song.

  

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