So we’re down to the wire – time ticking away where I have to be sure to remember to call allied waste, or public works and my ‘to do’ list looks like a phone book. Dana from the times is running a nice story again for the festival and we’re hoping more folks than just my mother are there….(although she will be there). And what about you? Are you coming? It would be great to see you again! And it would also be great if you could sign up to spend an hour volunteering to hand out fliers or help us set up tents. Honestly, 423 people read this site every Monday, so if even one percent of you volunteered, we’d be sitting pretty. If you can help email me. If you are too far away, send us five dollars or a pizza for support! Be part of the Worth A Dam team. (Beaver people are the best people.)
Last night the beavers must have felt sorry for us because they granted several viewings. Mom, Dad, Reed and Junior at a high tide that turned the secondary dam to soup mix. Here’s some nice coverage of our new kits feet underwater, set to the lilting delusional rant of a passing homeless man.
I guess they were feeling a little upstaged because last week there were six (6!) otters under the Marina Vista Bridge, and everyone was busy taking pictures of them. Moses showed me amazing footage of them hauling out to rest on the bank after chowing down on whatever delicious meal has been passing through Alhambra Creek lately. All the beavers seemed determined to make an appearance last night. We even saw Dad with his massive head swimming about. And lots of this
Had a nice surprise yesterday from our good friends at Wild Birds Unlimited in Pleasant Hill, and we’re heading to John Muir Mountain Day Camp for a little beaver gospel Wednesday. We owe them because the John Muir Historic site is kindly loaning us the stage and awnings for the festival. I plan on mentioning Enos Mills trip to visit his friend and the chapter where he calls beavers “The Original Conservationists“. Maybe you all have a good idea about how to keep 15 canopies from blowing away, because it looks like it might be windy Saturday. I can’t think of anything else we forgot. Can you?
