Friday, June 26, 2015

It's Definitely Summer


Last night, while leading the second night hike of the summer camp season, I spotted a scorpion in a tree. I've been using an ultraviolet flashlight to spot scorpions and Yellow-spotted millipedes for years now, but this is the first time I've found a scorpion in a tree. By the end of the hike, we had found 17 scorpions, a glow worm, and witnessed a meteor scratching an arc across the sky above and spitting sparks as it died. It was visible long enough that when I saw it, I told the kids to look up and they actually all had time to see it too.

The heat was one of the reasons that there were so many scorpions out and about. Thursday was the hottest day of the summer so far, I think. Today, it doesn't seem so bad yet.


Oh yeah, Sophie and Nathan were both up at camp this week as Wild Things counselors. Nathan now has not only a driver's license, but a car. Sophie took part in the counselor skit last night, stepping into the role that Alex made his own during previous summers. She has grown enough that a lot of people have to do a double take before recognizing her. The same could be said for all of the kids though. Time is forever slipping away.

No comments: