It's August Already!

I can't believe it's August already, and that the season is coming to an end in a month or so! Labor Day weekend is usually our last busy weekend, but sometimes the week after is busy too. We had an almost-full campground this weekend because of an event in Reno called Hot August Nights--a big classic car show!

Yesterday, I had two programs. One at Dayton State Park about the Carson River, and one at Washoe Lake--an astronomy program with telescopes! A fellow River Wrangler, Linda Conlin, asked to help with the program at Dayton because she needed some environmental education time to put on her quarterly report, so she brought the Carson River history trunk and her maps (which are much better than mine!).

Linda talking about the history of Dayton and the Carson River.

The Carson River History Trunk, complete with an adobe brick from Fort Churchill.

 

We've had several programs this summer, both at Dayton and Washoe, and I've given one at Mormon Station State Historic Park. Participation has been kind of spotty and unpredictable lately. I had three at Mormon Station, two people at Dayton, and only two on my last full moon hike at Washoe Lake. We did have great participation at the Kid's Carp Fishing Derby at Little Washoe and at our Dutch Oven Cooking Class. The Park Interpreters at Fort Churchill and Mormon Station have said the same about their programs. We don't usually cancel the programs though, because even though we might only have a few people, it's great to show we are doing these programs and that they are available for the public!

 

I also can't believe that I've already given out our end of season notices to our Park Aid staff! Because we hired both a Park Aid II and a Park Ranger Technician, our budget was spent faster than I thought it would! We are keeping the Park Tech and a Park Aid into October so we can get more projects finished, but one is finished at the end of this month, and the other two are finished on September 11. It seems like Easter came early this year, so we hired people early, and everything else sped up because of that. We are getting some great projects done this season, including giving our buildings a fresh coat of paint, trails are getting cleared, and bulletin boards are getting re-built.

 

I'll try to post again soon with a better description of our projects. Until then, I hope you are having a great summer and don't forget to watch the upcoming meteor shower this week!