Animal Planet!

We went to the Falls of the Ohio State Park last weekend. We found a creek that drained into the Ohio River and we followed it all the way to its end. As we got near the River, we heard a splash in the water, but we didn't know what it was. Then, we heard another splash and this time we saw some bubbles under the water. We followed them to see what it was when it came up for air. It took a long time, but finally it came up and it was. . . a beaver!

We threw rocks near it to make it swim again and it went back under water. We followed the air bubbles again, but we lost track this time. Then, dad noticed Addie looking at something in the water. We looked at what she was looking at and it was the beaver again. This time, he was swimming down the creek toward us! We stood and watched as he went to his hole and got out of the water! Here are the pictures we got:

Here's the beaver swimming up to his hole.

At first, Addie was a little suspicious. Then, she was just curious.

Here the beaver is leaving and going into his hole.

Here is the mound that the beavers live in. There is an underwater entrance that we saw another beaver swim into (because we saw his air bubbles go to it).