I gave my first Junior Ranger program of the day today. Very small group but wonderful. It is so special to see the children connecting with the park, learning and they are so enthusiastic. A young man on my program today was asking the greatest questions. What type of chemicals were in the plants of the park that were considered harmful to livestock? Are rattlesnakes slowly losing their buttons due to breeding of snakes that survive by basically making less noise so they are less noticeable? Great questions, now I get to do the research. Another girl was so excited to be in the park she wants to be a paleontologist when she is older and was thrilled to get to look at some fossils and hear about our fossils in the park. You never know what type of influence you might have when you share with these young people and what they might accomplish down the road in their lives. Marvelous!
It was a hot one today, the forecast was for 105 and humidity was up in the 40's. Right now (5:00) around 95 with a "feels like" 105 and they say by 6:00 we should be at 99. I think we may have hit that already today. Sooooo very warm.
We setup a tipi today and it came together very nicely first try. We also celebrated another ranger's birthday...HAPPY BIRTHDAY you know who you are.
All in all a great day in the Badlands.
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Photo provided by Larry McAffee Badlands TRT 2009
Sounds like you are having some great TRT adventures! I am happy to see that your last post was in June : ). I have not gotten past my first post...so busy.I look forward to doing my first Junior Ranger Program the end of July. It will be a GPS lesson in Big Meadows.
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