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Marblemount,
Washington,
United States
Saturday, August 23, 2008
We got up pretty fast and had breakfast and showers in the van with the intention of going up to the Visitors Centre at 9.30 to listen to a couple of talks from the rangers there.
We had a very informative talk about the Native Indians who inhabited this area thousands of years ago and a not -so - informative talk about Hoary Marmots! (a kind of rodent that lives up in this area - and I don't mean hairy either! Hoary means with a grey or whitish tinge to its fur) see I must have learned something even though that ranger wasn't that keen on offering ANY information unless we actually asked a question first. He was probably the worst we've heard yet!
We came back for lunch and I tried to get Holly to write some more journal which is proving to be hard work for her...I think there are too many distractions!
The kids played together for about 3 hours which was really nice and Steve went for a long walk. So I had a quiet afternoon doing a few odd jobs and getting the dinner prepared as we were intending to go and listen to a ranger talk at 8.30.
So we had dinner at 6pm and got organized to go and learn all about Wolverines at the outdoor amphitheatre in the campsite. This turned out to be very interesting as all these ranger talks have been throughout our trip.
If you are wondering what a wolverine is, well it is a little like a bear but a lot smaller. It also has a very small head without much of a neck, very sharp claws and it is very aggressive. However if you saw one you would definitely be very lucky as there are not that many of them around.
It was nearly 10pm by the time it was finished so we rushed back to get the kids to bed.
