canoeing (Beaver river) 2:05:00 [3] 18.0 km (6:57 / km)
Glorious spring day!! Goose and I locked up our bikes in Heathcote then drove up to the Kimberley put-in. We paddled at a good steady pace under beautiful blue skies as the day warmed up. The Beaver was high but not wild and rich with bird life.. Lots of ducks, geese, saw 2 big beautiful herons and at least a dozen snowy white egrets in exactly the same spot as last year, just upriver from the Epping bridge. They were so pretty. Saw a half dozen muskrats too , and at least as many big beaver lodges but no beaver. We only had to take the boat out once to get around a log jam, otherwise it was a smooth continuous canoe trip on a spectacular day:)