Along My Trail
  

The day began with a little light rain, but it never amounted to much at all. We are still very dry here. South of here the fire hazard rating has been elevated to EXTREME and fire bans are being imposed.

We saw no black flies today. I expect it was mainly because of th e chilly air and the wind, but even yesterday they were not out in the swarms we saw over the previous three days. One can hope that we have seen the worst of them.