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6th Annual Solo Float - Year in Review

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It seems that 2018 was a doozy for a lot of us.  I'm certainly thrilled to be leaping into 2019.  Although my year kicked off a little different with a family trip to Puerto Rico (highly recommended), it was still imperative to get in the annual solo float!  The river blessed me with lots of Kingfishers, 1 Blue Heron, 1 juvenile eagle, 1 adult eagle, 1 turtle and 2 otters!  The otters seem like a good omen for the year and they certainly made me laugh.  I was coming around the corner from Spring Creek and saw a little head suck under the water.  Thinking this was the end of my otter encounter, I got distracted by the eagles.  Then there were two!  This was enough to make me thankful for the skills to eddy out behind a tiny bush to wait and watch.  As I watched one otter roil and roll like a fat serpent in the water, I sudden became aware of the same head poking out from my starboard side.  About 20 feet out, an otter in the stream was g...