Happy Independence Day!

Ok, so my title is a few days late, but I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July. For those of us who remained behind in Snug Harbor, we partook of an amazing feast prepared by the Lodge (they also supplied very festive beaded necklaces, hackey sacks, paper airplanes, and beach balls) and a canoe race. (NPS didn't do so hot in the race, but both canoes managed to tip each other, and that's what it's all about, right? We were proudly represented by interps Leah and Andrew in one canoe, and ranger Beth and natural resources Katie in the other.) Following the race, everyone jumped off the dock, naturally.

On the fifth, Robert hosted a pork+rice+beans party up at his house, which was a very delicious party indeed, lemme tell you.

And in breaking news, Casey Verstrate outran four other topnotch interpretive taggers in a high stakes game of Kick the Can Tuesday night at the Ben East. His success was partially due to a dead (and granted, rather small) spruce that he managed to push directly into the path of one of his pursuers. Stay tuned for details to follow - revenge is sweet.

A couple of weeks ago, we found a beautiful luna moth over outside the lodge; pictured here is Andrea, giving the little guy a perch:

I would also like to point out (to Captain Bill, especially) that our cover photo is now, at least for the time being, a stellar photo (thanks, Andrea) of our very own Ranger III. :)