Flooding, Eagle Banding, Gorges...Oh, My!

The rain has slowed down considerably, but the river keeps rising.  The National Weather Service tells us Rainy Lake will crest this week, but...

The is the first week that we've started getting out.  On Monday we got the honor to be part of an eaglet banding ceremony in honor of Tommy Valentine.  Tommy was a Navy Seal and killed in 2008.   In the photo of the family posing with the naturalist and the

eaglet, note how Tommy's nephew and the eaglet are "bonding'.

On Tuesday we and our neighbors (the Yates) took a trip down to the Crane Lake area (southern end of Voyageurs Natl Park).  There we took a buggy, wet hike along Vermilion River to Vermilion Gorge and Falls.  Pictures don't do either justice.  Posting videos to Facebook got a lot of attention and comments compared to the photos.

 Unfortunately, the videos are just too large to post here.  The high water did make for a spectacular show, though.

Anyway, that's our week.  Hope yours was good.  Later, David

Vermilion Falls