Last Saturday was such a beautiful day so we decided to go fishing. We put the boat in at Martin Dies State Park which is just below where the Angelina and Neches Rivers come together at Lake Steinhagen. We didn't have much luck with the fishing, but I really enjoyed the boat ride and just being out on the river.
This is a beautiful place I like to go called the Bee Tree Slough. It's an area between the two rivers and we usually see a few alligators and lots of birds here. We've seen swallow-tailed kites, great blue herons, owls, and a variety of birds while winding through the swampy forest.
If you use your imagination you can see little faces on some of these cypress knees.
We once took a guided canoe trip through this area - about an 8 mile trip I think and it was probably one of the hardest things I've ever done. I enjoyed it but I've never been so sore in all my life. There was not much of a current the day we went so we really had to do some paddling. We saw a group canoeing and kayaking on Saturday but the current was strong so they were having an easy trip.
Sadie enjoyed the day too!
And since we didn't catch even one fish guess where we had to stop on our way home!!!
