The mink and the fish.

So this started out as the story of me looking for a landscape photo that contained no sky.  I figured I would try one of my favorite spots on the Big Sioux River, there are three trees I just love.   Well I was photographing away then glanced down and saw a great sight.

This fabulous little guy (a mink is my best guess) was walking on the ice on the river carrying a large fish.   He was maybe 15 feet from me and did not seem the least bit disturbed by my presence.  Eventually he found an opening in the water and dove under, taking his fish to the far side of the river and off into the trees.

So I came home with no sky-free landscape picture, but I was enormously happy.  Here's to being at the right place at the right time!

See on,
Julee

Day 81. Big Sioux River. Frozen.

I get the excitement of auditing this week, which means I am working away from the office. I am getting to visit such places as Chancellor and Hudson South Dakota.  But my main base is Sioux Falls, and the auditor training then shadowing me chose The Country Inn and Suites right on the river as the hotel. Excellent!

It was just before dusk by the time I was able to try and grab some pictures. But there are some good views and some cool statues, so I think I did well even with my phone's camera.  (I did use makeshift tripods to help minimize blurriness.)