We're out in the country and on the left side of the trail we passed a number of farms.
As we got further down the trail we must have come a little closer to town as we could see some buildings in the background.
All along the right side of the trail was the Provo River.
There were points in the river where the water was flowing at a pretty good speed. However, there were other places in the river where the water was much more still. In those places there were many fish that were jumping out of the water to get the many bugs that were flying just above the water.
I tried and tried to get a picture of the fish but I was always too slow. But here you can at least see the rings of the many jumping fish!
Much to my surprise (and delight), when I looked at my pictures I did manage to catch one fish in the air - on the right side of the picture!
Also at home on the river were quite a few ducks.
Just a bit further down the trail we happened upon a bunch of grasshoppers. They were really good size and most of them were very active. The trail had shady spots and sunny spots. Each time we came to a sunny spot there would be grasshoppers on the trail.
Boogie and Sparkie loved to chase the grasshoppers. Each time we would come to a sunny spot on the trail they would look for grasshoppers. They would chase them all over the place - and these things would jump high! One time Sparkie actually caught one up in the air over her head.
Boogie was remarkably good at catching them as well.
He didn't seem to understand that once he punched them they weren't going to do any more jumping.
After he would catch them, he'd lie down and play with them a little bit - as though he was trying to get them to jump again.
One difference between Sparkie and Boogie is that once Boogie determined they weren't going to jump anymore, he would eat them. This grossed me out.
Sparkie on the other hand thought they tasted horrible. When she would snap at them and actually catch one she would make the most horrible face and spit them out as fast as she could. I tried to get them away from Boogie but I know he ate at least four of them. Mike kept telling me that they are a delicacy in many places but I wasn't convinced. Yuck!
We took a little detour at one point and came across an oxbow lake. It was formed when the river changed sometime in the past.
We didn't see much bird life here but we did see a black-billed magpie.
When we got home, Mike asked me what I wanted for dinner. I said anything without the word grasshopper in it!
Oh, I forgot to tell you - Boogie was five months old yesterday. Oh he's growing up too fast. He already lifts his leg - Slugger didn't do that until he was two years old! And to mark his five month birthday he lost his first tooth.
I guess the tooth fairy better get busy and run out and by a nylabone as the little guy is going to need to start chewing a lot.
Debbie
9/26/07
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