Beaver, Beaver: Dam, Dam, Dam
September 12th, 2009
Finally! A reason to have a strong opinion regarding beaver dams. Y’know, getting out of the canoe, having mud and brown water slosh into your boots, then yanking your fully loaded canoe across a bunch of sticks isn’t the worst thing in the world, but it’s sort of not the best either.
And would it kill the beavers to come out and give a guy a hand?
You gotta hand it to those beavers: they just wanted it more.
It’s really more shoving than it is yanking.
Ah, anyway. I was more anxious about Boundary Waters than I was about any other part of the trip, so I suppose now that it’s over I can start being anxious about grad school apps. Finally I can have a strong opinion about those, too (maybe).
bkd
You know, beaver dams created human civilization. Their dams created lakes, which killed the shoreline trees, which became fertile, flat, open areas when the dams broke and drained the lakes, which allowed good sites for civilization to begin. Take it easy on the mighty beavers. Lewis & CLark ate a lot of beaver tails (and bison tongues).
I liked the reflections of the slanted trees. Would you have preferred a kayak?
These are specially “good” pictures!!