Yahoo! The sun returned.
There was fog when I woke up this morning, but the power of the sun with no clouds in the sky soon burned it off. Hot dog! I hung out a load of laundry, and then got ready to greet my morning visitors. Bridget and John of Travels of John and Bridget….and Fred , finished their camp host volunteer assignment in North Dakota and stopped by for a visit while spending some time in Detroit Lakes. What a beautiful morning we had for a tour of the refuge. My friend, the young bald eagle, was perched as if on cue by the Chippewa Picnic Area. I parked the refuge truck, and we were able to walk right under its favorite perch without it spooking off. It only screamed at us a few times. We even witnessed a small kettle of northern harriers catching a thermal to spiral up over the Otter Tail River so they could attain altitude to continue their migration south. It was a stellar morning to be out and about. We could hear the far off guns of the waterfowl hunters, but we stayed in ar