SPRING LAKE HIKE IN NOVEMBER 2011

I WENT TO SPRING LAKE TODAY AND WALKED ABOUT 6 MILES. THERE WERE A FEW FISHERMAN AND SEVERAL BIKERS. THERE WERE SEVERAL GROUPS OF HIKERS AND ONE LARGE GROUP WAS A MEET UP HIKING GROUP. IT ONLY DRIZZLED A LITTLE. A LARGE BUCK WITH LARGE ANTLERS. ONE HIKER POINTED OUT THAT HE SAW A SMALL FRESHWATER OTTER IN THE INLET OF THE LAKE -I HAD NEVER SEEN ONE IN FRESHWATER! HE MUST EAT SOME FISH. WE HAD SEEN A SMALL COUGAR IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE LAKE ONE DAY. AND ABOUT A MONTH AGO WE SAW TWO BARN OWLS WHO HAD MADE A NEST IN AN EUCALYPTUS TREE BY THE SMALL LAGOON. THEY HAD TWO SMALL BABBIES IN THEIR NEST THAT WE ALL GAZED AT HIGH ABOVE US ABOUT 30 FEET IN THE TREE. SOON THEY HAD ALL LEFT.