Sasha and Elena have been with us almost two weeks. The days fly by quickly, since they tend to be gone on long day trips to do collecting. They have filled at least five presses, but the plants in them are drying very slowly because of the lack of sun. Both of them however, are happy with the specimens they have been collecting. Barre is enjoying revisiting the collection sites, and even collects a few specimens for himself.
All of us, including Moose and I, went on a Father's Day trip to Seneca, NY to collect plants at Cayuga Lake. Barre and I had been there many years ago, and he was able to find the location of the plants Sasha was interested in, because he had the journal notes. It was one of our few sunny days in the last two weeks. Moose and I occupied our time walking, while the botanists were collecting. Our second stop was nearby on a much smaller pond, and Moose and I had time to look around and discovered that many snapping turtle nests had been destroyed in the area where we were parked. (The same fate happened to the turtle's nest on our lawn not so long ago.)
We have had time in the last few days to take Sasha and Elena shopping, to show them what Walmart, and a large supermarket are like. Also, we had time for them to do some clothing shopping, and see what our small mall is like. The prices for clothing and food are cheaper in our stores, than in Russia. It has been fun to show them around, and answer their questions, read labels, learn correct pronounciation of Russian words, etc.
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