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Sunday, May 1, 2011 - Sinclair WY

Greeting a New Day, Canada Geese, Dugway Ramp Recreation Area, Sinclair WY, May 1, 2011
Greeting a New Day, Canada Geese, Dugway Ramp Recreation Area, Sinclair WY, May 1, 2011

Cold

Geeze it's cold - 10 degrees or so at dawn - but with a bright sunny sky emerging. And, a nice surprise, three American White Pelicans sleeping on the riverbank.

Cold on the River, American White Pelicans, Dugway Ramp Recreation Area, Sinclair WY, May 1, 2011
Cold on the River, American White Pelicans, Dugway Ramp Recreation Area, Sinclair WY, May 1, 2011

Met a local today who said it the weather is shaping up to become a repeat of last year - a cold spring followed by a sudden warmup and flooding when the heavy mountain snowpack melts.

Night camp

Site 2 - Dugway Ramp Recreation Area, Sinclair WY

Persistent and Ineradicable Instinct

Whenever we have a strong and persistent and ineradicable instinct, we may be sure that it is not original with us, but inherited -- inherited from away back, and hardened and perfected by the petrifying influence of time.

Mark Twain, autobiography

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