October 6, 2004 - Wednesday
I took the boys canoeing on the Squannacook this afternoon and saw a beaver. This is a small winding river that the boys mother and I found on our free day last Sunday and a great river for discovery, but the beaver was an unexpected surprise. I was actually maneuvering the canoe it a little cove when we heard a slap in the water some 40 yards upstream. We eventually got within 25-30 of the beaver (that's about as close as I think would be appropriate for several reasons) before he disappeared under the water and headed two somewhere else, but that was not before we'd gotten a good look at him swimming and slapping his tail, although we mostly heard the slapping because he'd try to surprise us to make us go away. What great entertainment for two young boys!


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