Winton Hydro

Alright, so let me tell you about spending most of the week in Ely. I can't say the whole week because it was raining cats and dogs on Monday, so we didn't head up there.

What we were doing is monitoring sites. We measure adverse affects towards the sites. Two major concerns are erosion and human impacts.

Tuesday was a fun day, we drove up to Ely in the Subaru in the rain (wow is that a fun car to drive). So we spent the day driving around talking to people at historical societies and at Bois Forte band.

Wednesday was spent on the lake. It was warm and sunny, and a beautiful day to spend on the lake. We actually got some work done on the reservoir itself!

Thursday Don, our boat driver, had a couple doctor appointments. This means NO BOAT! So we drove around to a couple sites we could reach by land. Checked out a CCC camp and a sweet huge pavilion that was built by the CCC. We also went to the Cashaway site, which has a large waterfall on the way to the site. It wasn't cranking like it was last year when we were there, but when is a waterfall not sweet?

Friday was SHIT! Fucking 40 degrees! Out on the lake again, trying to beat the rain. Of course we couldn't, 40 degrees and RAINING! Most of the sites we visited were unable to erode because the shoreline is bedrock, so we only had to take pictures. That makes for a somewhat quick day, if it wasn't for the shitty weather. Did I mention that it was cold enough to freeze some of the rain? Yeah, sleet while on the boat and on the opposite side of the lake as the landing and truck....

Next week is mostly going to be spent in the office, even though we have a TON of shit to get done before the ground freezes! But we may spend a day or two in Ely again, along with possibly a day or two on Park Point on a project for the airport down there.