Some may remember the photos of beaver dams I posted a few months ago, high and dry now. I think the dam may have burst.
SWMBO included for perspective and taking a pic of one of four entrances
Grizzly Bear had passed ahead of us; the ground is very spongy
Dragonfly
According to folk-lore Woolly bear caterpillars have a reputation for being able to forecast the coming winter weather. If their rusty band is wide, then it will be a mild winter. The more black there is, the more severe the winter. You be the judge