Luau

Last night I went to a luau sponsored by my Minnesota master naturalist group. I wore a flowered shirt and shorts covered by a grass skirt I got from the dollar store. I brought fried rice and we all shared delicious food including chicken wings, sweet and sour sauce, rice, pineapple, coconut cookies, s'more pie, vegies, fruits, Hawaiian bread, mango pie, heavenly hash and drinks with tiny umbrellas in them.  The evening was warm and still.  In this tropical climate we had many good stories to tell. One friend told me about a recent trip to Necedah National Wildlife Refuge. She showed me a picture on her husband's phone of a whooping crane that was standing right next to the road on which they were driving. So now I want to go there!