In Zillah

Now that we are at the eastern side of a time zone, the day starts really early.  The sun was up by about 5:20am, Duluth time, but I was up at 5.

We took a walk down the nearby bike trail, which follows the shore of Lake Superior.  As we were walking, I spotted an animal crossing the path ahead of us.  It was dragging something behind it.  When we approached that location, we could see a beaver right next to the trail, munching on some leaves on a branch he had gnawed off a tree.  He was sitting in a little pool of water created by the dam he was building near the output of a culvert.  It was fun to watch him for a little while.  All around the area, there was evidence of the beaver’s work, as many of the small trees were chewed off, leaving stumps about a foot high.

Back at the RV, we did some final packing and then drove the 15 minutes to the Duluth Airport. Lots of surface parking available, so I parked the RV in the most level spot I could find and we closed it all up and left the roof vent fan running to keep it cool during the day

Our flights were not exactly non-eventful.  For all the gory details, read the post on Small Airports.

Arriving in Zillah, we had dinner at Duane/Cheryl’s, along with siblings and nieces and nephews.  It was good to catch up with them again.  Family is coming together.  More will arrive tomorrow, then a few more on Tuesday.