well, the path was "closed" ..but since there was no actual barrier, we decided to take the path... and see why it was closed...well with all the rain we had...the grass was pretty high... and I would guess that the boardwalk and land got pretty flooded... it was dry when we went there...and we did get to see an otter...well we heard him first..loud grunting..and before I could take a photo..he dived into the water..and ..gone. I didn't walk the whole path because parts of it did look pretty muddy yet...so we only saw the one spot..there are 3 I think that has viewing areas.....could be 4..but I think its 3.