swimming upstream

Yesterday, Miss J and I took Grandma - who is visiting for the week - to the Oroville Fish Hatchery to check out the salmon. This is the time of year when the salmon are spawning. The Hatchery opens their ladder and you can watch the salmon swim in and up. There is even an underwater viewing area where you can get an up close view of the fish as they struggle upstream. The first time I went a few years ago and looked a salmon in the eye, I knew I would never eat salmon again. I can't. Bless her heart, Grandma said the same thing yesterday.

taken with my iPhone