Meldrum bar

Another day of beautiful weather, so I took the kids to Meldrum Bar after school let out. I love going and looking for agates while the water's low because you always find them.

It hasn't rained for awhile, so there's still low water levels in the Willamette River, so we're still able to drive out onto the bar, which is always bumpy and entertaining for the kids. However, hot little Mustang convertible, this doesn't mean YOU can drive on the bar.

We had a rather entertaining time watching the hapless car and it's clueless owner spin her tires digging deep holes while moving nary an inch. Eventually some demolition derby-looking jacked up truck (a friend?) showed up and helped tow her out...nothing too professional, but it got the job done.

Whenever we're there, we always see kids out in canoes, sometimes regular canoes, sometimes these Haida looking canoes. Some group takes them out to Hog Island and back. Looks like a lot of fun, wish we could join them. Looks way more fun than the loud obnoxious jetboat tours that burn down the channel creating huge wake that slams into everyone that's parked out in the river trying to catch salmon.

Today we were treated to a pair of bald eagles that were hanging around the boat ramp. A huge dead salmon may have had something to do with that--I've never seen eagles at the bar before, so that was pretty cool.