The kids were thrilled to finally be out of the vehicle (it was a long drive) and they were more than ready to get moving. 
The hatchery where the "baby fishes are made" was closed but the trout pond was open, so away we went!
The first bridge across the pond.
Can you see the fish?
How about now?
There they are!
A submerged spruce tree beside/under the bridge we were on, tons of fish swimming around in there but hidden by the tree.
This little munchkin caught heck for littering her chocolate bar wrapper. Busted!
Good thing for her she's so darn adorable!
There was a gigantic trout swimming in the sunny part but of course it swam to the shadows just as I snapped the pic.
Looking for biggies.
Here's where I became obsessed with taking a family pic using the self-timer. If you look at some of the above pics, there's quite a distance between bridges. But I figured that the 10-second timer would give me enough time to make the run. As you can see by Lena in this pic, watching me run, I didn't make it.
Tried again, still no dice.
Finally made it! Ran on the left-side path instead of the right, as it seemed just a bit shorter. Yessss!
Cougar tracks, FRESH. *shudder*
Some kind of bird tracks.
And here we have the cougar and bird tracks intersecting; human tracks there, too (Tyler, haha).
Talk about beautiful scenery, just gorgeous. This was on the way going up the path.
The two boys were desperate to walk across those logs, I even caught Gunnar trying to sneak across when we weren't looking. In his no-grip skater shoes! Boys.
An informational post about the springs, very interesting.
At the very top of the springs, where they divert some of the stream for use in the hatchery and trout pond.
Walking back down, getting hungry for our picnic lunch!
Ryder had to make a quick stop to "feed the fishies" some pine needles.
Mmmm, lunch!
Where did those kids go?
Last pic from the trip, a spruce tree growing out of a poplar tree. Weird!
There they are!
A submerged spruce tree beside/under the bridge we were on, tons of fish swimming around in there but hidden by the tree.
This little munchkin caught heck for littering her chocolate bar wrapper. Busted!
Good thing for her she's so darn adorable!
There was a gigantic trout swimming in the sunny part but of course it swam to the shadows just as I snapped the pic.
Looking for biggies.
Here's where I became obsessed with taking a family pic using the self-timer. If you look at some of the above pics, there's quite a distance between bridges. But I figured that the 10-second timer would give me enough time to make the run. As you can see by Lena in this pic, watching me run, I didn't make it.
Tried again, still no dice.Tried something else: made Gunnar set the timer on the camera, then run for it, seeing as how he was beaking off that he could run faster than me. And yet, do you see him in this pic? Mouthy punk! Lol
Finally made it! Ran on the left-side path instead of the right, as it seemed just a bit shorter. Yessss!
Cougar tracks, FRESH. *shudder*
Some kind of bird tracks.
And here we have the cougar and bird tracks intersecting; human tracks there, too (Tyler, haha). 
Talk about beautiful scenery, just gorgeous. This was on the way going up the path.
The two boys were desperate to walk across those logs, I even caught Gunnar trying to sneak across when we weren't looking. In his no-grip skater shoes! Boys.
An informational post about the springs, very interesting.
At the very top of the springs, where they divert some of the stream for use in the hatchery and trout pond.
Walking back down, getting hungry for our picnic lunch!
Ryder had to make a quick stop to "feed the fishies" some pine needles.
Mmmm, lunch! Then time to play. Gunnar made a makeshift golf club out of a tree branch, he's actually really good! Look at that form, a natural.
Where did those kids go?
Last pic from the trip, a spruce tree growing out of a poplar tree. Weird!
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