Since it's not the greatest paragliding conditions here right now, we decided this was an opportunity to see some of the river.
The first part of the trip is by the wetlands which we would have loved to spend more time exploring.
Although it was a fairly cloudy day, a few turtles were out sunning themselves.
We were fortunate to see several bald eagles along the route. Although taking photos of them was a challenge, especially once we got to the faster flowing part of the river.
Invermere is also well known for glider flights. Something we are also looking into doing while we're here.
We meandered quite leisurely the first couple hours, first through the wetlands area and when the current picked up we barely had to paddle.
But then the wind picked up, against the current of course, and we had to put some muscle into it. Luckily the few spits of rain didn't amount too much.
This bald eagle had caught a fish and was carefully guarding it from the magpies trying to distract him from it. The eagle looks rather wet in this photo and a couple just ahead of us in kayaks had seen the eagle dragging the fish across the water. Apparently eagles talons will not release until it drops its prey on the ground and many eagles have drowned because what they caught was too heavy for them.
I'm sure Andrew got some better photos of this guy so I'll link to his post once done.
It was fun seeing the train so close to the water and reminded me of the many train trips Andrew and I have taken.
A great day out! Four hours from start to finish.
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