Mr. Cooter had a very nice view of the creek. He was overlooking the creek very near the downed tree you see in the last photos. We noticed he has some toad friends swiming around in that area, and I'm sure the were some turtle friends around too ... although we did not see any today.
I'm not going to N.C. any time soon, but I have other cacher friends who will be visiting MO in a few weeks. I might hand Mr. Cooter off to them to get a few latitude lines closer to home.