coming soon to a white pine near you...

I'm sitting in the airport, in Marquette, MI. It's easily the smallest airport I've passed through, and the most exclusive -- Only Delta and AA fly commercially through this city. Folks are trickling in. Every non-uniformed person in here will fall into either of two groups: Folks waiting for arrivals, or folks waiting to fly on the same plane I'll be boarding. Only about four flights are departing from Marquette today. Dad went out on the 11:20am and I'm on the next flight... at 3:50pm. He's going through Detroit and on to Pennsylvania; I'm going through Minneapolis and on to Oregon. We came to the heart of the country to see my sister. Appropriately. My sister is wrapping up a summer-long study of Bald Eagles in MN and MI. It's her third season in this program, and this year she's the field foreman. The boss. The alpha. And that means she doesn't have to ask anyone for permission to bring visitors along while she does her work. Dad and I had the privilege this year, and a privilege it was indeed... More to come after I land in PDX. In the meantime, please enjoy this video of a pair of Bald Eagles in their nest (not taken by me). Note their call -- We heard a lot of that this weekend.