As mentioned at the end of the last post, I recently did another road trip: New Mexico to Iowa, stopping at the Gentry Joint for a few days before heading off to a new job in Wisconsin. Here are some photos from the drive (my second solo road trip), from my favorite animal menagerie (seeing the Joint in the summer for the first time!), and from my first few days post-move as I settle in. [You may notice that Butter the cat is absent from this visit, but do not fret - he is known to migrate elsewhere in warmer months, but come winter he will return.]
May 30
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| Springer, NM |
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| Clayton, NM |
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| NM-OK |
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| Elkhart, KS |
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| Hugoton, KS |
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| Cheney Lake State Park |
May 31
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| tent views |
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| Kansas City |
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| Calmar, IA |
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| Rell |
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| Max |
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| Fuji & Rell |
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| Cupid |
June 1
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| Rell |
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| Himmy |
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| Ophelia |
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| Yuki |
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| Max (w/ Cupid in background) |
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| Rell |
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| remember these benches... |
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| Eddie |
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| the boys |
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| Rell |
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| Blackstar |
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| Mango |
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| Fuji at church |
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| the Mississippi River |
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| Mt. Hosmer Veterans Memorial Park |
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| a killdeer |
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| Lansing, IA |
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| Rell |
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| Yuki & Blackstar |
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| Himmy |
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| Origami |
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| Mango |
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| Max & Mango having a bro moment |
June 2
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| Eddie (& Fuji) |
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| the cat oven, I (Rell) |
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| the cat oven, II (Max) |
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| Lanesboro, MN |
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| off to see a play at the Commonweal |
June 3
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| Vinnie |
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| Paulie |
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| Eddie |
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| Cupid |
June 4
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| hanging w/ Paulie |
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| Vinnie |
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| Fuji |
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| Paulie |
June 5
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| Baraboo, WI |
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| you've seen these before... and you'll see them again... |
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| Shack turtle! |
June 8 |
| sandhill cranes in the Shack prairie |
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| white wild indigo |
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| the Shack |
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| nice crosscut |
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| the Wisconsin River |
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| the 3-season classroom |
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| in the exhibit hall |
So the new job is a fellowship with the
Aldo Leopold Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to the legacy of conservationist Aldo Leopold and the land ethic, which is outlined in his most famous work,
A Sand County Almanac. (Believe it or not, Leopold did start his career working for the forest service in New Mexico and Arizona.) The most famous/notable parts of the foundation are the Shack, where Leopold and his family enacted their ecological restoration project along the Wisconsin River, and the surrounding lands, which are managed and stewarded with the goal of bringing back prairie ecosystems and habitat for grassland wildlife, particularly birds, and especially sandhill cranes (a big attraction in the fall during their southward migration).
More photos to come showcasing my orientation activities, extracurricular explorations of southern Wisconsin, and lots of birds (now with names)!
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