Day 14.323: Thanksgiving surprise

As we mentioned, we went for a walk between courses on Thanksgiving Day, down to the river. What I glossed over is what we saw there - first this amazing view:

and then, as you can see if you look carefully just left of center, a white line marks something swimming in the river which - to our great surprise, turned and swam directly towards us and under the bridge, allowing us to get an excellent view that it was a beaver:

We've never seen one here before despite many times crossing this bridge, and - of course - I didn't have my camera with me, but it came close enough that even the iPhone photos are pretty respectable.