I get to the Raccoon river bridge and the river is in full rage. I know Butch is going to miss this sight! I stop and take a few pictures. A little past the bridge I have two deer cross the trail in front of me. Close enough for me to brake but not close enough to be scary. About a half mile further on I see a Doe standing a ways off the trail and she spots me but instead of running she hunkers down so I get off the bike and start taking pictures of her. She finally had enough of the photo shoot and took off, slipping in the mud as she ran.
I rode out to the Harrison family rock (7.10 miles from home) and turned around. I was the first one on the trail today and I like being first to see all the wildlife that has yet to be frightened for the day. I saw many Orioles, Indigo Bunting, Goldfinch, Robins and Cardinals. We generally have butterfly escorts for at least part of the trip and today was no exception.
On the way back I had an insect fly into my eye and it stung like the devil! I made a quick stop and flushed my eye with cold water and was able to alleviate the pain after a while.
When I got back to the MoHo I told Butch he had to go see the river so we drove out and parked near the trail and walked the quarter mile to the bridge. It was awesome!!! I think it was quite a bit higher than when I had been there earlier and there were large logs and debris moving very quickly, tumbling, swirling and cracking when it ran into jammed logs and the bridge abutments. We stayed for over an hour watching all the action in the river. I told Butch just think of all the people missing this amazing sight!!
All the river pictures can be seen on the Webshots site.
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