Washington Spring Break Pt. 6 of 9

Today's main trip was to head down to a second hike location called Saint Edward State Park.  This hike starts at Bastyr College and has several trails that descend down to Lake Washington.  It was once again a bit misty/wet, but apparently that continues to be fairly typical for the area.

Both boys were quick to start exploring and climbing on anything they could shimmy their way up.  Here is Gavin working on this moss-covered tree.  Thankfully, he didn't get too high because it would have been quite easy to take a tumble from an inadvertent slide.

This place was actually filling with bald eagles!  On the way down to the lake, this one was perched about 20 feet above us and proceeded to eat an entire fish dinner.  It was pretty incredible to watch and be so close to these guys.

After about a 30-minute hike down, we made it to the lake.  The lake itself was not too wide, but super long.  Seaplanes would come down and land on the water and take off again, which was pretty impressive to see.  Additionally, there were several more eagles that we saw and countless squirrels.  Here is Gavin and Tara posing under a lakeside tree.

We packed in a lunch and had a nice picnic with the sun actually making a quick appearance just in time for us to eat!