March 3, 2009 80 degrees and clear

Here we are again at Santa Ana National Wildlife Reserve. It is only 8 am so you know how pleasant I am at this time of the day. Six of us from the park are going to try this canoe trip down the river. There were 2 other couples that were going but they changed their mind, They missed a good time.

The park loaded us all into a van and transported us to a spot upriver about 5 miles.

This was a leisurely float down the river. At least it was for me. Harold had to do most of the rowing. The right side of the pictures is Mexico and the left side is the USA.

We were on the water for about 3 and a half hours. Saw a lot of birds. This is a birder's paradise. Of course we don't know all of the birds but there were 2 Women (Mother and Daughter) that were birders and had their books with them and were identifing all the birds.

Harold supervising the loading process.

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