After packing up and cleaning our rooms, we had breakfast, met in the classroom for a few tips and then took a nature walk along the lake shore to find a spot for skeetching.
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| Stopping to admire all the greens there are around us. |
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| The excursion boat leaves ripples in the lake |
The dappled shade from the surrounding forest was welcome on an unusually sunny and warm day.
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| While we're studying trees, an otter is discovered. Bronze sculptures are to be found throughout the grounds of the North Cascade Institute. |
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| A salamander is caught basking on a warm rock. -photo credit Marvin Yamaguchi |
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| My watercolor lesson on trees; single and in a group |
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| Everyone settles in for sketching in their nature journals |
