I had business in Detroit Lakes today, like returning the clock that didn’t work to Wal-Mart. There was someone at the jewelry stand today, so I had them take a couple of links out of the band of the wristwatch I bought last week. Then I got a haircut from a ‘not so nice’ young Minnesotan lady. Tried to buy a new tie out for Emma before she breaks the one she is on and heads for the hills. No luck. It’s on order. Yeah, right. I just don’t like shopping at Wal-Mart. Anyway, then it was on to Fargo, ND, to pick up an order I had made. Steve, the other volunteer, had told me about an interesting store in Fargo, so I found my way there. It’s name is Scheels, and is something like a Cabellas. It’s a sporting goods store, and I wanted to buy one of those new fangled pair of pants where you can zip off the bottoms of the legs and end up with a pair of shorts. Lots of people wear them, so I thought I’d give a pair a try i...
Remember last night when I mentioned I was a little nervous about the ice maker in the fridge? Well, my worst fears came true last night. Not only was the fridge not making ice, but the temps were creeping upwards. Along about 10:00 pm, I emptied most of the food from the freezer that I had been stockpiling for my journey and took them up to the bunkhouse freezer section of that refrigerator. I’m sure glad I did. By this morning the freezer was at 50* and the fridge part was at 70*. I’ll be doing battle with Samsung once again. It is almost two years ago that the same thing happened to me while I was traveling. At least this time, I’m at a place where I could move my freezer contents to a safe place. I called Samsung this morning, and they are supposedly finding someone to repair it. Of course it will take up to 2 days for them to get a hold of me to set up an appointment. If I receive no contact, I’m to call Samsung back....
I had my scissors ready for cutting this morning as I headed for work. Last Monday, during the rain, I spent the morning finding good pictures on the internet of 10 different bird species. The Tamarac Fall Festival will be happening about a week after I leave here, but one of the activities for visitors will be to learn to identify these ten species. After Janice, the volunteer coordinator, printed my found pictures off, it was my job today to cut all their silhouettes out and then laminate them. They’ll be posted in trees and grasses at the festival site. Visitors will be given a pair of binoculars and asked to find these breeding birds of Tamarac at one of the activity stations. After I got them all cut out, Janice gave me a run through on how to operate this large laminator. Most of the laminators I’ve used at other refuges have been little desk top models that are quite easy to use. One of the challenges of using this bigger model is its l...
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