Crazy Coyote: Natalie, Kathy & Jess

Seth, Debbie Jane and Jeremy

Bonding: RC volunteers in W Burlington

Dateline: Bike nite at the Crazy Coyote in West Burlington, Iowa. Natalie, Debi, Jane, Jeremy, Marge, Kathy, Jess, Seth, and Julie are being served a well deserved steak after a.n exhausting day of heart-rending recounts of flood waters, homes destroyed and lives wrecked by the record rains.

Good tiimes with the Red Cross in Iowa

Dateline: Outside Chamelon's Pub and Grub, Mt. Vernon, Iowa
Mark, Mary, Annette, and I are waiting on a table with many others, all here to help with Flood Relief "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy". Bunking on cots in a coed dorm at Cornell College. Tomorrow is a new. day and it's south to the Iowa town of West Burlington to set up communications for workers to help flood victims. More to follow!

Furman Graduation Activities

Saturday afternoon at Furman on the Mall:

where President Bush will speak to the graduating Seniors.

Some of the "(W)e Object" crowd prior to Furman's Graduation. Wade Worthen comments on the faculty protest.

Maine Lobster by the Penobscot in Bangor

Fresh lobster at the Muddy Rudder by the Penobscot River couldn't be better. It's about 3 hours south of Caribou, Maine where I've been for last 10 days with the Red Cross.
Caribou is named for the woodland Caribou, which feeds on lichen in mature, old growth forests. It's an area where the people are independent, grow potatos, and enjoy a scenic, glacier carved landscape. Thinly populated Aroostock county is huge and tucked up as far north and east as one can go in the US. New Brunswick, Canada is a short walk across the St. Johns river bridge at several border points.

Morning in Maine east of Mt. Katahdin

Patten, Maine 04765:
Relaxing with coffee while waiting on French toast at only deli in town. About 20 miles east of Mt. Katahdin and Baxter State Park. The peaks are still covered with snow and I'll get as close as I can today. That's 20 miles as the crow flies, at least 60 by road.

Artisphere

I'm at Overlook Grill waiting on opening of Artisphere at 4. There are clowns, acrobats, and the town crier. Come on down and join me.