The Beaver

When we went to get the keys for the Rock House, we met Lori who had taken our reservation. Lori is a Duke professor that lives in Big Bend and has over 10 different things she does. One of them is local artist and was having an exhibition which she said she had made over $80,000. Not bad.

As Graeme and I went to see the exhibition, she told us that one day while she was staying at the Rock House she heard what sounded like a body hitting water (the Rock House is right next to the Rio Grande) so she went to get her gun and flash light and shone it into the river. She then saw this huge beaver swimming so she told us not to worry if we heard him around.

We thought she was joking with us, so it was with surprise that one morning as I was having breakfast I saw this small dot swimming on the Rio Grande that kept getting bigger and bigger as it approached the Rock House.

You got it ... Lori's Beaver !