Posting for John Edgerton, on July 11, he patrolled north all of Zone 6 to the bottom of Zone 5 (around south sides of the Thorne islands) and then back south to the very top of Zone 7 (around Gull Rock and Ladies of the mist.) He was struck by the lack of abundant plant growth that he had expected to be there. But all the better that he saw no sign of any strange (and possibly invasive) plants either.