Been a busy week. We're getting warmer. The trees continue to leaf out, pollen fills the air, and a nice, weather-wise weekend got the tourist out. The lake was busy for Memorial Day weekend with parking lots full of boat trailers. We didn't have ice on the local lakes, but national news showed the ice still floating in Lake Superior. The days are getting long with sunrise just after 5 AM and the sun setting right at 9 PM. Wanna stay up and watch for meteor showers? If so, plan on staying up for along time.
The Rainy Lake tour boat (Voyageur) arrived Tuesday and training on it started today. Yesterday was a training day for a lot of the new staff and became my day to travel between all the visitor centers delivering gift shop supplies and providing some semblance of a break to the rangers - one each - managing the Kabetogama and Ash River visitor centers. I can now say I've made a cash register sale at all the visitor centers in Voyageurs Natl Park!
And for the first time in my life, I've filled a vehicle with E85 gasoline. Don't know enough to discuss the merits of environmental friendliness vs. lower fuel mileage, but the $2.749/gal did catch my attention. And guess which fuel type shared that E85 gasoline fuel pump? Diesel! If our Ford diesel's Bosch-built high pressure fuel pump ever got a whiff of that E85 stuff, it'd rust out in a couple of seconds. We won't be stopping there for diesel!
Anyway, our work week is done. The schedule is still a little disheveled as training continues. We've got five days off in a row. I think we're gonna head off and see some sights we didn't get to last time we were here. At least that's the plan. Later, David.
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