Spring has taken a wing!

Len surpized me with these pretty flowers on friday:) What a great way to end the week!

On the spur-of-the-moment we decided to go to Red Wing and spend Friday night in a motel and watch the eagles soar above the river on down to wabasha. Mom and Dad were in Wabasha, which was about a 1/2 hour away, spending their 39th anv. there! So we spent some of the day with them at the Eagle Center and watching the eagles with them. We learned a lot about eagles!
The picture above is of Red Wing from a little park we found after winding as high up we could on some side streets since we didn't want to climp up the sceanic overlook drive that was still closed for the season.

Heres some neat facts we didn't know before: Eagles bodies are perfectly in balance..if they loose a feather on one side, the same feather on the other side will fall off too. Eagles build nests deeper, up to maybe 8 feet, because of all the manure their young dispose of inside the nest. They keep the young in their nests till they are "full grown"--about 2 years. Their eyes are naturally polorized..so there is no glare off the water..which makes it really easy for them to spot their pray. They eat all parts of their pray..bones and all. A tiny speck of lead, like a piece of a bullet, can kill an eagle. Only 40% live past the first year of life.
Wish we could have gotten a picture of them in flight on the river but its really hard to do since they are kind of at a distance..and moving..


Back in Red Wing we went to the shoe store (Red Wing shoes, of course). They were having a great sale on shoes....and so we decided to get a pair for both of us!! I'll post a picture later.


A pretty sunset on the way home..bright sun in our eyes..ouch!