lunch, where are you?

Trafton Park and the Milk River:

Abandoned bridge across the Milk River

The Trafton walking trail

The lower portion of the trail has become part of the Milk River.

The water looks gross and milky, get it?



There are so many mosquitoes in this town that the city pays for a truck to drive up and down all the streets every night and spray insecticide on everything. If you're out walking around 9:30 p.m. you're liable to get sprayed! I didn't believe this at first. A kid said to me, "We have to hurry or we're going to get mosquito spray on us" and I thought he was just weird. But it is totally true. Apparently they used to do it with a small plane, but that's sort of dangerous.

Next, for dinner I like to eat crab salad croissats and for supper I get a grilled chicken salad at Dairy Queen. What do I eat for lunch? It doesn't exist here.

What's with guys wearing baseball hats to pose for engagement photos, perform music in country singing competitions or work in a bank? I get that guys like hats and that's fine, wear one on the weekend and at home all you want, but in your engagement pictures? during a talent contest? with your suite at the bank? Sigh.

This place is also home to horrifyingly large flys. The biggest flys I've ever seen in my life flys. They are the size of a bee and they scare me.

 My employers are golfing right now. I'm flying over Bitter Creek tomorrow and this weekend I'm camping at the American Prarie Foundation for the BioBlitz! I like how they try to make inventoring animals sound fun by calling it a "blitz." Maybe we will listen to jazz music?