Thursday, July 31, 1986
Got first letter from Dave mailed it 29th written 26th. He is a squad leader. Tommy and I photographed Claridon Prairie for 3 hours.
Up early with Mary driving headed for cranberry bog*- stopped at 1812 Buxton Inn in Grandville for lunch. No one asked to see permit at Cranberry Bog store where we rented a rowboat for $5. Tommy rowed us the half mile to the boardwalk entrance to the island. Loosestrife about only thing blooming- reminded me of Keith Lamb’s bog with cotton grass. Home for quiet supper and then to Palace Theater for “Music Man” – George Schram’s first Palace directing- well.
[*at Buckeye Lake near Newark, OH]