Eco Tours

It’s fall in New England and we’ve been busy fitting in some warm weather activities.  Today I took my younger daughter out on a dock on our lake to teach her how to hand feed the lake fish.  The small 6′ lake fish have really small teeth (if any) so there is no risk of any harm.

Once we place our special lake fish food (bread) in the water it is a matter of seconds before 50-100 of the fish begin feeding.  Once they are use to our special food we can lower our hands to the water and they will eat out of them.  Since it was my 2 year old’s first time, I was happy that she actually held her  hand until a second before they took the food.  With my older daughter I will generally let the fish swim into my hands and lift them out of the water, they are like pets.

If you live on a lake and want to feed the fish it is important to do it from other peoples docks.  Once the fish get to know you they tend to nibble on you when you go swimming.  I do not find it fun having 50-100 fish nibbling on me while I am swimming.

How many 2 year old’s are able to claim that they feed over 50 fish lunch and dinner?  This made Emilia’s day while using up most of my whole grain bread.

Trying to hold a camera in one hand while balancing at the end of a dock was a challenge!  At least this “fall Eco Tour” was only a 20 second walk from our home.