Swimming with the Steelhead!

11/5/2017

I have been exploring the river by walking upstream in the river...and sometimes swimming with the steelhead! With the recent heat waves, it made it an inviting proposition to fully immerse myself in the river. When I did, with goggles on, I found young-of-the-year Carmel River Steelhead there! So invigorating to capture the images and feel refreshed in the cool water.

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Sudy Dostal link

11/5/2017 02:10:13 pm

Paola is always filled with surprises. Her recent plunges into our sacred Carmel River helped me to see it even more clearly than ever before. I am forever grateful to her for taking us deeper into the wild places of our cherished Carmel Valley.

Paola link

11/5/2017 02:17:55 pm

Thank you Sudy! Seems to never be an end to getting to know and share about the Carmel River Watershed.

Ellen Gannon link

11/5/2017 02:59:13 pm

Paola,
You are truly a Guardian of our River. Delighted that she fully embraced you in your swim.

Paola Berthoin link

11/5/2017 03:20:29 pm

A life-affirming way to be outside!

Pamela Takigawa

11/9/2017 03:56:07 pm

You are a "water baby" for sure. I love the second photo especially for the motion it conveys. What a beautiful way to cool off.

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When we allow wildness, our own spirit, to flourish within, we can also respect and allow nature’s spirit, the wild outside, to exist.
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