First Day of Summer

Today is Sunday June 21st, the first day of Summer. The weather has been more summer like with warmer days and thunderstorms. As I was mowing my grass on top of my riding mower today I couldn't help but think about ironies of my comfortable life here in the Chippewa National Forrest. We now have high speed digital telephone, Internet and television service along ways from civilization in a National Forrest with modern communication tools at my finger tips.

Exciting news on the fauna front here in the woods. I was getting my early morning walk in on the Oak Point Road all by myself a few mornings ago when all of a sudden I look up and a big black bear was crossing the road about 150' in front of me. I just stood still while he or she ambled back into the woods. I wanted to make sure there were no cubs around before I proceeded. This morning we saw our first fawn following its mother down a gravel road. We have two pair of Bald Eagles nesting in the neighborhood, we give them wide birth so as not to disturb them.

We have new property owners at Oak Point Estates. The property was officially sold last week to some young people from the twin cities area. We have the annual meeting of the Oak Point Property Owners Association next Saturday with some interesting speakers attending.