blog @ Antlers Vail » Beavers in Vail http://www.antlersvail.com Condominiums and Conference Center at Vail, Colorado Mon, 20 May 2013 21:57:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Fun Fishing & Some Unexpected Moments http://www.antlersvail.com/2009/09/fun-fishing-some-unexpected-moments/ http://www.antlersvail.com/2009/09/fun-fishing-some-unexpected-moments/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:56:23 +0000 Chris Ratzlaff http://www.antlersvail.com/3264/fun-fishing-some-unexpected-moments/ We had a surprising moments when were fly fishing this past Labor Day at the end of the Owners Weekend at The Antlers. I was fishing in a small lake up at the end of the Vail Golf Course and some movement caught my eye. I turned and there were two of the biggest “marmots” that I had ever seen swimming in the lake – looked like they were patrolling “their” territory. I was puzzled as I had never seen such big marmots and they were totally unafraid of me – came within abou 15 feet – I thought they were going to take my fly…then one slapped his tail on the water and they both dove under …and I realized they were big beavers, with a nest right at waters edge! They stayed with me while I was there – occasionally slipping into the water and patrolling their territory. What a great experience!! -

From SnowWitch, September 2009

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