See ya Coeur'd Alene Lake!

Last morning, honestly I didn't want to get out of bed. I got up, had my regular cup of  joe and we checked our rodent traps Pedro showed us how to make. Two teams trapped mice and he demonstrated how to measure and weigh them. He also showed us how to identify what sex they are. Our bucket was visited and they ate out bait and left their feces. Some how they got out of the bucket. 

I really wanted to swim in the Lake. So I told Robyn to jump in with me. We did, it was so refreshing. We noticed that they also have an invasive species problem growing in their lake, like our waters back home. There was a sign saying that they have mats layed over the invasive species and not to disturb. Invasive species are everywhere. Ultimately disturbing the system as a whole and the ecosystem is damaged.

As we all will forever remember this trip for the rest of our lives, we came as friends and strangers... and leave as brothers and sisters. Bonded by time that we took out of our lives and the relationships we made in our travels. We connected. Landon said something that made sense. We do not only need to make these connections  with people like we have. But we need to keep connected. Because the more resources we have and relationships we maintain, we can forever help eachother out and feed off each others energy and ideas. Good people. Good times. Good memories.

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