Barre, Sasha and Elena spent about 10 days traveling in Maine and New Hampshire, after a week of travel in MA, CT, and NY on their search for pondweeds (Sasha), and algae and aquatic mosses (Elena). Most of the days they worked in rain, with occasional breaks in the clouds and maybe a little sunshine. It did not stop them from collecting specimens, which will be sent to them at the Institute of Science where they work in Borok, Russia. They collected over 400 specimens.
Barre enjoyed being their chauffeur and guide, giving them local history information as well as botany talk about the plants they hoped to collect. Some locations were overflowing from the rain, and plants could not be collected. They visited at least 40 different locations in New England and New York.
Sasha and Elena were with us for the 4th of July, so they were able to see fireworks, and join a family cookout at our cousin's home at Lake Ossipee. We enjoyed their visit very much. The days passed very quickly.
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