We were in Florida from mid-June to mid-August, most of the time. As in other years, post-Camino restlessness played a part in every day. Slipping back into the tasks of non-walking life is hard.
Russ was very productive and finished his book,
The New Gem of the Adirondacks. Kindle published the ebook edition, with color photos for those who have devices than can deal with color. Lighthall Books completed the small print run. Both hit the street about a week ago.
We spent part of each summer week in Cedar Key, walking as much as we could.
I spent time on tasks for my two board assignments, Friends of the Lower Suwannee & Cedar Keys NWRs and the American Pilgrims on the Camino. The Refuges were big in the news in June and July because one day in late April
tens of thousands of nesting birds on Seahorse Key abandoned their nests and disappeared overnight! This was, of course, a very interesting puzzle for the Refuge scientists and all the science geeks in the Friends group.
It turned out to be equally fascinating to the media. After the
Gainesville Sun published a story about it, the AP was curious. Then Rachel Maddow, on MSNBC, did a long piece about little ole Cedar Key NWR. Seahorse Key is one of the 13 islands that make up the Cedar Key Refuge. Subsequently, many other prestigious, national and near-unknown-outside-their-circle niche media have had stories about it. I have linked to many of them on the
Friends website.
Last week, on Thursday August 6, I drove to a retreat center near Atlanta for the board meeting of the American Pilgrims on the Camino. The meeting went almost nonstop . . . except for customary pilgrim wine sessions . . . from Thursday evening to Saturday afternoon. It is very interesting work, and I am ready at the drop of a hat to talk to all potential listeners about the Camino and American Pilgrims.
Three days after returning from the board meeting, Russ and I are heading north for a month in Wanakena and Star Lake.
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