Nature Therapy Along the Wapsipinicon River

Each day I try to spend at least a few minutes in the outdoors. Frequent “nature therapy” has been relaxing and rejuvenating… just healing for my soul.

When I am out in the timber or on the river I almost always have a camera with me, as was the case today when my destination was the Wapsipinicon River in Bremer County.

The most interesting observation for the outing occurred when I spotted a whitetail doe bedded down along the edge of the river. As I slowly approached, she did not jump up to bound away. Eventually I noticed a second doe that had seen me and was standing on alert. My photos of her featured that doe peaking at me through the woodland brush.

Even after the standing doe ran off with her tail flashing, the bedded doe remained on the ground. Many long seconds passed - maybe a half a minute or more - before the bedded doe looked around and spotted me. Up she went and soon she was running away to her place of safety.

Since I was out enjoying many various autumn scenes, I documented them and will share some of the scenery images here.