Very busy day use beach plus camp ground and they only have one volunteer couple. Linda and Dale Kuhn, we met them when we had our fingerprints taken and they attended the same enforcement training at Lake Bomoseen. They work 30 hours each, while we work 30 hours total. He is a paid employee, so that's the difference.
Nice Red-eyed Vireo and a family of Chickadee near the concession. Lake was covered up with sun-worshipers, no chance for the loons or ducks. Bullfrogs croaking in the marsh.
Did photo a nice beaver lodge...
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They really do chop down trees with their teeth!
We made a big circle up through Bethel where we had pizza at Cockadoodle, a pizza/ice cream shop combo with hardwood floors and a real old fashioned soda fountain. Bethel was established in 1779 and is famous for supplying the Bethel White Granite used to build Union Station in Washington DC and the National Museum of Natural History.
We came down through Royalton, South Royalton, East Barnard, and Pomfret, on a dirt road without meeting more than 2 other vehicles along the way. Crossed the Appalachian Trail at least twice, but not clearly marked from the road. Lots of bird sounds from the forest, but the only one we caught more than a fleeting glimpse of was a male Redstart.
Had a full moon hike into the gorge just after sunset... no moon, too cloudy, and the rain started just before we started back up the trail. I was pretty soaked by the time I reached home, but it was glorious. The first fireflies of the summer, too.
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