Another day of volunteering at Stone is resigned to the pages of history. Like I posted yesterday, back at the LEINWC for a whole bunch of work.
I teamed up with former Stone Lab Director Ed Herdendorf and tackled the task of tightening up a bunch of bolts on the picnic tables and benches before we helped to dig out & level off a space to place some pavers for a display to rest on. Some minor cleaning up in the yard before heading inside to help with the reorganization of the storage room and cleaning the displays.
Resting on one of the displays was one of my favorite natural science books ~ Ohio's Natural Heritage. I was extolling the virtues of said book and Dr. Herdendorf said to turn to the chapter on the lakes and islands... One of the authors was Charles E. Herdendorf. Me: "Wait, you!?! You go by your middle name then?" I told him that I'll have to bring my copy for him to autograph next time :-)
Back on The Rock, we had a typical Saturday evening - wine/cheese, dinner (regular lasagna, not just veggie!), a talk on Jay Cooke ~ Financier for the Union in The US Civil War and now, winding down with some reading.
A group went across the bay to PIB. But you, my dear readers, know I am so not interested in that. So, I read!
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Friday, October 3, 2014
Been a Whole Year? (Island Hop 2014) - Post 22
It's hard to believe that it's been a whole year... The Spring cleanup was canceled due to how late the ice was hanging around in the Lake & Bay; so yeah, first time back in 12 months.
Things seemed, at first glance during our pizza dinner, very much the same as usual. (Still have wi-fi in the dorms ¡YAY! ~ hey, that was a big thing for me last year. Didn't have to trek up to the computer lab at 0300 to post these).
More and more of the volunteers are starting to look familiar to me (though I'm still terrible with names), as I've been doing this for a few years now. (Going through the blog, it looks like 2012 was the first time back after Fishing in 2009.)
(I'm still *REALLY* big on parenthetical statements...)
Signed up for helping out at the Lake Erie Islands Nature & Wildlife Center again this year ~ saw Jackie's name as one of the group leaders, so I thought it would be nice to stop over and see her again. Plus, It's kind of a trend now ~ 2 trips in a row at the Lighthouse now 2 at the LEICWC, so I can do something different next time!
The water was pretty rough, but not the worst I've dealt with. Big cold front coming in, temps dropping from near 80 today to a high of 51 Saturday with some high winds. Good stuff!
Otherwise, the schedule looks to be the same as previous years. There's definitely something to be said for routine!
Things seemed, at first glance during our pizza dinner, very much the same as usual. (Still have wi-fi in the dorms ¡YAY! ~ hey, that was a big thing for me last year. Didn't have to trek up to the computer lab at 0300 to post these).
More and more of the volunteers are starting to look familiar to me (though I'm still terrible with names), as I've been doing this for a few years now. (Going through the blog, it looks like 2012 was the first time back after Fishing in 2009.)
(I'm still *REALLY* big on parenthetical statements...)
Signed up for helping out at the Lake Erie Islands Nature & Wildlife Center again this year ~ saw Jackie's name as one of the group leaders, so I thought it would be nice to stop over and see her again. Plus, It's kind of a trend now ~ 2 trips in a row at the Lighthouse now 2 at the LEICWC, so I can do something different next time!
The water was pretty rough, but not the worst I've dealt with. Big cold front coming in, temps dropping from near 80 today to a high of 51 Saturday with some high winds. Good stuff!
Otherwise, the schedule looks to be the same as previous years. There's definitely something to be said for routine!
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