There were no April Showers and very few Mar showers too. This has had a significant impact on May flowers. It’s been a dry spring.  

Summer is here (again), and hurricane season is upon us (also again). While the mornings are still cool, summer is definitely upon us. The summer harvest season is rolling in now. The local peach and strawberry farmers are open and in full picking, and our blueberries on the farm are starting to come in now. I think the first hay cutting will be delayed, however, due to the lack of rain.

So far this year I’ve done several weekend camping trips, mostly local; the cool nights of spring are perfect sleeping weather. I’ve been using my truck to camp in recently, and it’s been working well, especially with the cool nighttime weather. As we move into the warm nights of summer, I may need to change it up a little. I’ll post some truck-camping info later and share how I’m currently set up.

I’ve got a group campout coming in late July. It looks like we’re going to Lee State Park for a backpacking-style weekend. It’s been a while since I’ve been to Lee, so I’ll try to get a trail scouting trip in with Radar before the campout. We have some new youth campers in our group, and this may be a good opportunity for them to get out and try some backpack-style camping and hiking without the logistics of being dropped off and picked up at different trailheads—more on that as it develops.

I think that’s all for now; more later.

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