Beautiful day on Hartwell

We put in at the DNR OFFICE at Clemson. There was a car there with two Lifetime pool toys that could not have been longer than 8’. No bulkheads. I hope they had a good day, but I digress.
We were just cruising and enjoying the early spring leaves. We paddled to the end of a nice cove and disturbed at least one beaver who proceeded to escort us . It would pop up in front of us ,swim a bit and make a noisy splash to submerge. In a few seconds it would resurface going the other way . That happened several times.
Moving on we paddled to the old quarry. I thought there would be no swimmers because the water was still very chilly but 3 guys were taking the 15’ leap.
As we were leaving there were 3 girls and a guy soaking up a little sun. I asked if they were Clemson students and they were all seniors. I guess they were enjoying life before it became reality. Go TIGERS ! I used to hang out at that quarry 54 years ago.
The clouds and sprinkles moved in as we were leaving.

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Hanging out at Coed Cove again huh?

It was in the 80s in SW MI yesterday and the air was filled with freshly hatched insects so I paddled to the sound of steelhead splashing back into the water after jumping.

Went back last week. The kids were gone. Graduation happened.