I drove through the edge of the fires yesterday and there’s some kind of smoke going on over there. Visually its like a foggy Maine morning but bluer. As the wind switches every two days they must be having a hell of a time. Much of the traffic around the park ( Okefenokee that is ) is convoys of fire control equipment. The southwest quadrant of the park is where the action’s been for the last few days, Fargo was evacuated Monday and I cant’ help but wonder about the thousands of bee colonies over there for the tupelo. Our tupelo seems to be quitting early and it looks unlikely to make any kind of crop. The gallberry is starting to bloom, we’ll see if it has anything in it.

I saw very little wildlife but did get a good look at a wood stork mucking about.  The sloughs have so little water in them they are dense with wriggling life and the wading birds can feast.  Also saw a beautiful coachwhip and a snowy egret with breeding plumes.