Bunny in the road

This morning, in anticipation of the impending thunderstorms, I headed up into Cascades West to cover some GWLT materials with a tarp.

As I drove down Olean Street I had to swerve over the carcass of a rabbit.

Now 'our' rabbit is a wild animal, and it clearly isn't nearly as afraid, or as timid as it ought be (even with thrown tires and 10' ladders) so I have to say that I feared our daily visits had just come to an end. Later that morning the whole family made the trek down the road, but I didn't announce anything.

Good thing too.

Not ours!

This afternoon sitting over by the window, happily munching away was none other than the crazy rabbit.

and the beat goes on.....

Presently it is 8:00pm
The temperature is 69.3 degrees F and steady.
The humidity is 88% and steady (a welcome relief after this morning's 94%!)
The barometric pressure is 29.94" and steady.
The rain storm (which was ferocious for ten minutes in East Brookfield this afternoon) only had trace amounts here at the Lodge, 0.04".
The USFS Forest Danger class is LOW.

Now just so you know, there is a certain lack of precision to the rain gauge.
It is located here at the lodge, and is under the cover of the tree canopy.
In a brief storm there is an amount of rain that is caught and clings too the leaves of the canopy.
It has to rain a little while before it starts to accumulate on the forest floor.
Now that value we are registering is meaningful in itself, as it has the greatest indication of change in trail conditions and fire danger.
It may not reveal the total rainfall for a given short event.
So the smaller the registered amount here, the more suspect the value.
The larger the registered amount here, the more likely ballpark the value.
Just thought I would disclose the system.

We have had quite a few hikers come through on this on again, off again, on again good day.

And now, from this point hence forward the days get shorter and shorter.
Take heart, it isn't noticeable yet.