They're baaaaaack

Yes, the Mayflies have arrived. They were all over the street at about 2AM this morning I was told. It was good timing too because I had just finished some info sheets that are a part of my "minor" projects for the summer. I had made one on Hexagenia. It is now laminated and put in the display case outside. I will be putting one down at the display area by the beach tonight.

Speaking of the beach, there's been some pretty cool changes in the last 2 days. We had a nice storm yesterday. Unfortunately I did not get a picture of the post storm mouth but here's a pic from Monday night. I could have walked through this without getting my knees wet. It was only about 3 feet across and about a foot deep.

The next morning, it was still about 3 feet across but it was about 2-2.5 feet deep. The water was running faster as the storm moved in upstream.

Then it stormed pretty nicely for a while in the afternoon. After it cleared up I went down to the beach, sans camera, to check things out and watch the storm drift east. The mouth of the creek was now about 8 feet across and gushing. The creek's current was easily pushing out about 20 yards into the lake. You could see the churning water and the brown sediment-filled water was going even further. I couldn't see the bottom any more but considering how it was moving sand earlier, I wouldn't be surprised if it had gotten to about 5 ft deep again. All that change in just a few hours!

So, anyway, in other intern-y type stuff, I got to sit in on a staff meeting and listen to how things get organized. We talked about a new brochure to have here on site about OWC. We discussed things like content and potential layout. Today, some of us sat and refined what we talked about yesterday. I think we did pretty well. The other summer intern, Laura, is working on this. I'm happy to be able to provide feedback on things and see how this stuff comes into being.

Today, I also worked with Phoebe to set up for a class she's doing today. It's a group of kids K-5. Tomorrow, she's getting a group of High Schoolers and I'm going to be active in helping with that. They're going to be sampling and looking at things under microscopes. Friday, I get to go to Crane Creek. I'm looking forward to seeing what that park is like. Magee Marsh is there. It's a great place to go see the migratory birds.

Sooo, I must now go be productive. I'll have more Mayfly pics later. Cheers!