Malcolm Kenton lives in Washington D.C. and writes for the rail website “Greater Greater Washington.” He was raised in North Carolina and attended Guilford College. We met because of some beaver business out his way and connected through email and facebook. Knowing he wanted to follow local beaver news, I introduced him to the beavers at Huntley Meadows in VA and to photographer Ann Cameron Siegal who was keeping an eye on them. They have been watching those beavers together since. I also suggested he connect with Owen and Sharon Brown and they met up a few months ago, Now he is maintaining their facebook page for Beavers: Wetlands and Wildlife. Malcolm is an avid rail and beaver fan, so it’s no surprise that he jumped at the chance to fly out and ride the capital corridor to Martinez. Yesterday he and a friend got a beaver tour from Cheryl and a visit to the John Muir House.
Although the train schedule meant he couldn’t come for prime viewing time, he was able to catch site of a hungry youngster who just couldn’t sleep in until his parents and siblings awoke. He posted this yesterday from his iphone. How’s that for a tourist amenity welcome to Martinez!
Malcolm and his friend loved the beaver dams in the city, the working flow device and the best view of a kit that’s not from the BBC, and then Cheryl kindly drove them out to the Muir House for a bit of Martinez history where he especially enjoyed photos taken by Muir’s daughter of the railroad! Then it was a quick red-eye home and an exhausting day ahead. I’m so glad he got to visit Martinez and sorry I couldn’t be there. At least he got the full natural wonder tour. Cheryl snapped this that day on the secondary dam.
That’s a double-crested cormorant on a beaver dam and he’s not here for the view.
