Aiken State Park 3/26/04

3/26/2004 - Aiken State Natural Area - Level: 8.3 at Cope: We started at Aiken State Natural Area's Put-in and paddled the South Edisto River upstream to above the park boundary and then paddled down to the group camp. We spent the night there and then paddled down to Cabin Lake. At this water level there were no lift-overs. However, there were lots of trees down in the river, probably from the Ice Storm. The large pine just below the take-out dock, which has been cut into numerous sections, is still blocking the river. However, at this level, we were able to get around the pine in a cut-through just before it. A Bald Eagle has been reported at Cabin Lake, but we were not lucky enough to see it. We did see lots of Louisianna Waterthrushes and heard lots of Barred Owls and saw two of them.