August 31, 2002

only in America

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Near the top of this photograph, on the lake, directly above the ducks, you will see a dot on the water.  That dot is the first "duck blind" to grace Au Train Lake in preparation for the 2002 duck hunting season.  The blind is actually a pontoon boat with some camouflage on it.  Last year, there were eight or nine duck blinds on the lake, so I'm sure we'll be seeing more on the lake very soon.

The snapping turtle eggs hatched last night.  We didn't find any of the hatchlings this morning while working around the dock and the beach, but we could see dozens of their tracks leading down to water's edge.

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Next to his two tents was a 35-foot RV, a Sandpiper with a slideout room, two motorcycles, and a rug of Astroturf in front of the door.  It had what a lot of big RV's have these days: an SUV attached to it.

Timothy Egan, in a New York Times article titled
Battle Under the Firs: The RV's vs. the Tents.

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