10 minutes out of the truck . Ranger was right, it should be noted. It is law to tie or tarp your loads . I just never thought about it in the moment. He could have cited me, and it ain't cheap!
In 52 years up here, that is only the second river otter I have seen on land, the third over-all. Bashful they are.
You need to get out more,
especially a little closer to the coast. Not uncommon to see large family groups of river otters in and near saltwater. Once, with past 24hr posters we had two family groups in sight with a total north of 25 river otters.