June 17 – Work team returns

Lots of work done this trip: buildings opened, additional mowing, tree removed from the sidewalk leading up to the fog signal building, fire ring cleared, boathouse & kitchen painting.

Naomi clearly enjoyed painting the boathouse.

Separately, Linda writes: “One of the highlights of the trip was when I opened the summer kitchen door and found two very large Fox snakes slithering around the pots and pans by the trash. I said, “hey guys, come look at this” and everybody came over and Naomi, queen of snake charming,  picked each one up and threw them out of the kitchen—I don’t think we got any pictures. But the best thing is that the second one that she threw out she threw it at PETE—it was hysterical…(by mistake, of course.) We subsequently blocked what we thought was access.”

Fox snakes are actually our friends out there. They help keep mice populations under control… though, as above, it can be a bit disconcerting to run into them in unexpected places.

Thanks Cathy, Jon, Kathy, Linda, Naomi & Pete for your adventures & service!