Long Day
Friday morning I was scheduled to do a breeding bird survey in Dubois. The survey is to start 30 minutes before sunrise (5:15 am). Since Dubois is ca. one hour from Rexburg I needed to leave Rexburg by around 4:00. Mike agreed to come along and record the data. So, I woke up at 3:15, picked Mike up around 3:30, made a stop at Maverick for beverages and hit the road at 4:05. That was the first of these surveys I had done. It went pretty well I thought, although I had a hard time identifying a couple different sparrows by song. I hope to do it some more. Mike was a good sport and it was nice to have him along. We found this mailbox somewhere along the way and Mike wanted to hop on for a ride.
Mike on Mailbox, Dubois, ID 2006
On the way home we stopped in Dubois to show Mike the Dubois Civil Defense Caves and to have some lunch at the gas station deli.
Dubois Civil Defense Cave, Dubois, ID 2006
Mike Photographing Raven Chicks
I got home around 1:00. After a quick nap I loaded up the car with camping gear and went to meet up with the scouts at 3:00 for a campout. We went up to Buttermilk Campground in Island Park. The campground is on the shore of Island Park Reservoir. It was a lot of fun. The scouts went swimming, we sat around the campfire, and when it was dark we caught a few crawfish. After catching 20 or so crawfish, we came back to camp and boiled them. I was pretty impressed that most of the scouts ate, and even liked them. I finally got to bed at midnight and slept in until 9:00. The kids complained about my snoring, I didn't hear a thing.
Buttermilk Campground, Island Park, ID 2006
Campfire, Buttermilk Campground, Island Park, ID 2006
Crawfish Before and After Being Cooked
Mike on Mailbox, Dubois, ID 2006
On the way home we stopped in Dubois to show Mike the Dubois Civil Defense Caves and to have some lunch at the gas station deli.
Dubois Civil Defense Cave, Dubois, ID 2006
Mike Photographing Raven Chicks
I got home around 1:00. After a quick nap I loaded up the car with camping gear and went to meet up with the scouts at 3:00 for a campout. We went up to Buttermilk Campground in Island Park. The campground is on the shore of Island Park Reservoir. It was a lot of fun. The scouts went swimming, we sat around the campfire, and when it was dark we caught a few crawfish. After catching 20 or so crawfish, we came back to camp and boiled them. I was pretty impressed that most of the scouts ate, and even liked them. I finally got to bed at midnight and slept in until 9:00. The kids complained about my snoring, I didn't hear a thing.
Buttermilk Campground, Island Park, ID 2006
Campfire, Buttermilk Campground, Island Park, ID 2006
Crawfish Before and After Being Cooked
7 Comments:
I love the horse that's sweet!! Is that part of the wall that has fallen off in the cave?
First of all, sweet mailbox. Second of all, I can't believe your scouts ate crawfish! Good sports. I would have made an icky face.
I think I remember Darren telling me that he ate rattlesnake when he was a scout. We never did anything like that at girls camp thank goodness.
Boys rule, girls drool
I think Mike is a much better friend then I am because there is no way in hell I would wake up at 3:30am to go help you count some stupid birds.
yum! mudbugs! did you show them how to suck the brains out?
I ate rattlesnake at scout camp...tastes like chicken.
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