Over the River and Through the Woods

Well, yesterday we launched our aquatic survey campaign. Rather than going by canoe, we upgraded to something so so so much better. We had a motorized-paddle pontoon boat.  We could paddle, or we could run the motor. So we spent the day chugging down the river. 

I can't decide whether riding down the river on our little boat felt more like rednecks floating down the bayou in this:

 

OR

On some grand adventure floating down the river like Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart in "African Queen.

Matt the Captain

Enjoying the wonderful weather

Since the original Hirundo site was discovered by noticing flakes along the shore in the eroding river banks, we hoped to find more of the same. In the end, the survey expedition proved fruitless, but at the least, we had enjoyed a wonderful day on the water.

That evening, we were treated to a gorgeous view from the shelter door. The sunset was pretty unbelievable,  and the spring peepers and our bullfrog friends were going wild.