Beautiful sunny hike on Saturday. Both parking lots were full when we first drove by at about noon, so we continued up the road and hike Pratt River for a bit and then came back around 2:30pm and plenty of space in the lot. This loop is mostly deciduous trees so it was pretty hot and exposed so bring hats or sunscreen, but lots of gardener snakes all over sunning themselves! There was one downed tree on the trail, relatively easy to just step over.
We saw one pair of Canada geese and 4-5 breeding pairs of hooded mergansers, a common goldeneye, and a lone ring neck duck. This trail is very accessible for kids, with lots of things to look at and a gentle grade the whole way. The outhouse at the trailhead was clean and stocked.
Pro tip: go left (clockwise) if you want to get to the river first, go right (counterclockwise) if you want to get to the lake and the ducks first.
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