Boise, ID

I was quite exited when we pulled into the Nature Center by the Fish and Game building. It wasn’t so much the feeling as being exited as really happy to get out of the house and go out into an outdoor setting. We set off and were happy to see that it was a nice area with a lot of trees and areas where wildlife could live and flourish without the disturbance of people. They had placed signs up for people to stay on the direct path and not go into the other areas.

They had signs depicting what wildlife was around the area where it had been placed. Each one told a little bit about what they ate and how and where the wildlife lived. It was interesting to read them and learn more about what we were looking at and what wasn’t even there to look at because the animals either weren’t there at all yet or where hiding in the surrounding area.

There were a few bridges that had really shallow water flowing under them compared to the bridges at other parks that we had been to recently. I enjoyed watching the water flow rather fast over the visible rocks. There weren’t any fish that we could see which for me was slightly disappointing.

I was elated that a few feet away there where visible fish in what looked like a tank but was really a pane of glass with the fish living in a pool of water behind the glass. I thought the fish were pretty; especially the blue fish that looked as if could glow in the dark.

We crossed over another bridge with an excellent view of the water below. The water was narrow and the trees were closed in as close as they could possibly be to the water. The different colors in the water and the trees made the scene an absolutely amazing one to behold.

I gaped as long as I could at the water and then we were off again and soon found ourselves in front of more fish. This time they were rainbow trout and they had a bigger pond with a waterfall. The fish were huge, and there was one that looked as if it had traveled a long way and gotten attacked in the process. It had little white spots on its head and body and compared to the others it was the biggest one that we could see.

We continued to walk along the path until we arrived at the largest bridge there. There was a circular lake with a rectangular wood object floating in a small part of it, along with tree branches piled up as if it were depicting a beaver dam. There were a whole bunch of school kids looking down at the water professing that they could see fish. They were all so exited, and I was too when I looked down.

My fiancé had reminded me on our way through this that we had been here before in the middle of summer when it was much greener and full. It was a wonderful time and was even a little bit romantic. We walked by the gazebo that then was one of the first things we saw. Right next to it was an area with a white chair facing a little pond with a tiny waterfall going down the rocks. It was nice to be slightly nostalgic, but then it had to be ruined by us leaving.