#91: McNenney Fish Hatchery

 

Crested Wheatgrass

McNenny's lies just a hop skip and a jump from the Wyoming Border. We took a little trip out there today to check out some various wetland grasses that make McNenny home. I grabbed a few shots here and there; some of them even looked cool. 

It's amazing how much stuff sticks around even at the tail end of winter. Although some of the finer points are a bit difficult to make out in some of the plant life, it nonetheless makes for a few interesting textures. 

I'm not sure what this used to be, but it showed up fairly well against the water. 

Today's weather was suitably springlike: cloudy, with a few sprinkles here and there. Temps were in the 50s. Rather windy, though. I was glad to have remembered my hat, else my ears would have been hurting by the end of it. 

We tromped around as a small class, looking at the remains of grassy stuff, with a few reeds mixed in here and there. We were warned about some goose nests that may have been hiding in the rushes and reeds; but we didn't find any eggs. Evidently we didn't get close enough to a nest to raise the geese's ire.

Behind the fish hatchery is Cox Lake. Apparently it's one of the few natural bodies of water (as in not manmade) in the area. It's actually a sinkhole--the dark part is where it drops off. No one really knows how deep it goes. The dark area in the photo above is where it drops off. 

Next time: DC Booth fish hatchery. Which is more a historical site than a functional one.