Gifford Pinchot State Park, Lewisberry, Pennsylvania
He who fears the LORD has a secure fortress, and for his children it will be a refuge. ~ Proverbs 14:26
We were anxious to get out today! We had our lunch packed, and I was wrapping up some blog stuff, and Blaine stopped in the middle of his research. We were all set to get out and kayak.
And then it started raining! It wasn’t supposed to rain until late this afternoon! So we went back to work until the sun decided to finally show it’s face once and for all.
We had a grand time on the Conewago Creek! We ate our meager lunch in the boat while watching swallows snatch up their own lunch from the water in front of us. At one point, we were sitting under the wires where the birds were perching, and Blaine received an unexpected gift from above – – right on his shorts. Better than in his lunch or on his head, I say. 😊
but about the same amount were flying all around snatching bugs off the water.
Now he’s getting ready to take off. Herons don’t care much for us.
All the dots you see in the next three pictures are swallows!
Including the dots on the water!
We also followed a white egret, a Great Blue Heron and a Green Heron upstream. Why do they continue to fly ahead of us? Why not wait until we pass, or go behind? Silly birds! And we spotted a couple of small-ish fish. If there’s not many fish, then what do those silly birds eat?
You can’t see him though, because he’s about the size of a robin.
Good thing our boat glides on top!
They stayed in the water, so they were okay. : )
Much of this creek is not very deep, in fact, at one point, we portaged the boat so we could continue.
But not too long after, we hit too much shallow water, even after portaging, so we turned around.
And then there was the extreme close-up of that heron I mentioned. We saw him parked on some branches in the water and because the creek flows so slowly, we were able to just float towards him for six minutes, getting ever closer, until the tip of our boat was near the branches! We never expected him to stick around for so long! Usually Blue Herons take off almost as soon as you spot them, and oftentimes with a loud squawk, but not this one. In fact, once he’d decided he’d had enough and left, all we heard was the swoosh of his massive 6’ wings!
We never expected to get any closer!
Nice campsite! Or are they living there???
She got nervous first.
No way we could go that direction! : )
What a beautiful day! Thanks be to God, for His inexplicable gift to us!