Kenai River Float, Cooper Landing

If you have a half day to kill and want to relax while somebody else shows you the scenery, a Kenai River Float trip may be for you. The river trip starts in Cooper Landing and ends 11 miles downstream after passing at least 3 eagles nests!

Not 10 minutes into the float trip we spotted an inhabited bald eagle's nest. We found 3 in all, one of which was commondered by a pair of great horned owls.

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Not safe. Drinking with no lifevests on 28-degree water.

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Relief.

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The only bridge that you go under as you float down the Kenai River.

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I spotted an immature bald eagle hanging out on the banks of the Kenai River.

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Several waterfalls emptied snowmelt into creeks that fed the Kenai River.

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A pair of common mergansers are unsure about the man with the large camera lens floating mysteriously by them.

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The regal pose of a male common merganser.

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Occasionally you can find beaver damage to some of the trees along any given river. I don't remember seeing any beaver dams or lodges, though.

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I didn't realize they made life vests for dogs.

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The end of the trip - it took quite the 3-person effort to get the second raft on top of the first. We went 11 river miles and experienced zero rapids. A really nice way to spend the afternoon.

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