This was an odd one and began as an accidental detour from an unmarked trail. The plan that morning was to try out a few overgrown trails in my usual stomping grounds that I hadn't yet explored. This one in particular was quite rough, multiple land slides have taken out sections of the trail and it has since become very overgrown, but there seems to be a pattern in this area suggesting that all of the most interesting finds are at the end of overgrown trails, so I continued on. Following the distant sound of the river I continued along until I came to an opening in the trees and found myself on a service road with fresh tire tracks. I follow it west and quickly find myself at a tall chain link gate, locked, with a NO TRESPASSING sign hanging on it, and then it hits me, oops.. I've accidentally wandered into the local salmon hatchery, a government-funded facility responsible for maintaining the local salmon population.

But it's Sunday, so nobody is around, not a sound to be heard in any direction beyond chirping birds and croaking frogs, so now is my chance to see what goes on in a joint like this. I head back east along the road and start coming across these signs labelled "Pond #1,2,3...", realizing that all along this road are isolated habitats built by the hatchery for various experiments. At Pond #1 along the shore I find 4 separate piles of dead fish in different stages of decay, from rotting to dry bones. At Pond #2 they have cages full of tadpoles. Pond #3 seems more populated with frogs than the others. Pond #4 is a gorgeous marsh with flowers growing from each little section of ground slightly above the water line. Spent a good hour just aimlessly wandering the grounds before heading back up the overgrown trail and taking off.

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