Evening Canoe!

Last night Phoebe and I braved the rain to go on an evening canoe trip on the Columbia Slough. It was supposed to be the whole family, as we had all signed up for this trip weeks ago, but it was in the 40's and raining pretty hard and Todd whimped out. Then Finn decided he wanted to stay home with dad. Luckily, Phoebe had been talking about going on a boat ride all day long, and had no perception of how wet and cold it was out, so she was happy to go on a mama-adventure.
We actually lucked out and it completely stopped raining for the first half of our canoe ride. It started up again about midway through, but the rain was light and bearable. We saw tons of swallows dive-bombing the water's surface for bugs, 2 nutria, and several other birds. It was amazing to be out on the water, especially in the evening.. it made me wish I had my own canoe.... one day.