How Could I Forget the Beaver?

On Thursday I went for my bike ride in Provo but I didn't even write about it yet! How could I miss writing about such an event? I started on the trail right outside the hotel and rode to Utah Lake and back on the Provo River Parkway (Trail way?)...anyway I saw a BEAVER swimming in the river. It was so awesome. When Jas and I stayed at the RV park near the trail Herc startled a beaver right next to the river and it slapped the water with a warning, beaver style. It was one of the coolest sounds I remember. It was incredibly loud! It scared the heck out of Herc! So I have fond memories of that trail and only hoped it might be possible to see another beaver swimming in the river. On Thursday morning in one of the very few spots where the river is visible from the trail I saw the V in the water and looked closer and sure enough it was a beaver. They are so cute, such happy, vibrant little brown eyes and ears poking up while they glide through the water. I stopped for a moment to watch and then he went underwater. Oh my fine furry friend! There is a memory for my "Joy File", it doesn't get much better than that.