Broad River Kayak Trip

I paddled 17 miles down the Broad River from Peak to Harbison State Forest. Along the way, I saw countless bald eagles and otters, wood ducks (and baby wood ducks), comerants, canada geese, snakes, herons, turtles, alligator gar, and deer (including a new born fawn just before we reached the landing). My kayaking friend and I started our journey at 7am and paddled consistently for 9 hours, only stopping a few times to fish and then to cook the fish we caught over an open fire (yum yum!). I'm a little sunburnt still, and was completely exhausted after the trip, but it is something I'd defintely like to do again.

Saluda River Canoe Trip

This past week, I took a group of students down section one of the Lower Saluda River. The water was low, the sun was shining, and the wildlife was active. We saw numerous turtles sunning on logs, a snake, a few fish, a heron, ducks, a raccoon, a river rat, and 3 owls.

The owls were really close!

Not quite sure what kind of snake this was that crossed the river. He let me get really close though to get these pictures.

Saluda River Boat Trip

After a rainy weekend, the sun came out and Emma and I took a boat trip up to the dam on the Saluda. Here's a few things we saw. The 5 goslings started to swim underwater when Gracie (my 10 year old yellow lab) jumped out of the boat to chase them. There were turtles EVERYWHERE! I know, the drake looks like he's dead, but he was just eating something beneath the surface.