Well we made our trip to Maine. The weather was outstanding, no rain for 9 days. It must have rained right before we went though, there were big water holes that dried up over the week.The beavers had been very successful damming up the outlet of our pond, it was up around 2 feet. I shot some video of taking the stuff off the outlet pipe, the drain was pretty amazing, took off about an acre foot (around 325,851 gallons) in about 10 minutes. The suction on the pipe was such that I had to give up pulling out sticks because I was afraid it would pull me down. Sadly 2 of the beavers did not survive the adventure. Possibly more, we left yesterday but my parents are still there. We found northern Maine to be almost completely unaffected by COVID. Arostook county is the largest in the state has at last check 8 confirmed cases. Masks were suggested everywhere but only about 50% of people were wearing them. We could get all kinds of food and paper products unavailable at home. I scored a 12 pack of Quilted Northern TP, 25# of King Arthur flour and bread machine yeast. The flour was $18 compared to $1/lb we've been paying at the co-op. We found another place that had 50# for $23. I think folks up there carry more stock on hand anyway, when its -40F and there's 4 feet of snow you don't really get interested in the grocery store. Thursday we rented kayaks ($70 for 2) and picked 25# of fiddleheads. I'm currently waiting for the sun to go down so we can blanch and freeze them. Its too hot here to work outside and I don't want that excess heat and humidity in the house. We're planning to go back in early July, we'll see if anything has changed by then. -Curt _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com
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