Today we went to a couple of Ranger sponsored programs.
In
the morning it was for Rosalie to earn her second junior ranger badge. This one
was for poop (scat) identification. After a short talk and hands on, so to
speak we went for a short walk down the trail trying to locate evidence of any
animal having passed by. We did find a few traces of deer but alas no buffalo
or mountain lion near the ranger station.
Then off to visit a period sod house, barn and its accompanying
prairie dog town. Within the park they are having an outbreak of some sort of
prairie dog plague caused by fleas. I guess the commercial dog town was not
affected.
The last ranger event was a story of legends and ghosts to
be followed by a star gazing party. The rangers are responsible for coming up
with the programs. The talk was interesting but Rosalie fell asleep on the hard
concrete ground. I guess the oldsters are able to keep up after all.
Still cloudy at night, no meteorites.
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