Checking In

Ruffed Grouse along the walkway today

Nothing new to really report.  It's been hot here, too, but nothing like what most of you experienced this past week.  We managed to have a day or two of high humidity.  I walked out one morning to about 66 degrees and 80% to 85% humidity and thought I was back in Alabama.  We seem to be on the edge of the heat wave and get some strong storms.  Power outages & reports of buoys being out of place on Rainy Lake always follow the storms and it seems the Duluth area seems to get hit the hardiest.

Two more weeks to go here at Voyageurs NP and we head back into the hotter parts of the country.  Had a nice conversation with a couple from Shenandoah Valley, today, who had left Washington state and traveled the northern route trying to stay cool.  If you look at an atlas, you'll see we're as far east as you can go, before having to head south.  They weren't looking forward to heading south tomorrow!

Anyway, we're going to try to make a stop at both Theodore Roosevelt and Glacier National Parks before visiting Thom and Mary at Priest Lake, ID.  Our next volunteer stop is at the Storm Mountain Youth Center in Rapid City, SD starting August 26th. At least that's the plan!

Later, David