Thanks! It was a carpe camera moment, as I crossed the short bridge that carries the trail over the water. Just a lucky moment.

Follow-up on Nettie's bike. Her front wheel is of a type not easily worked on, so the Spicer bike shop recommended that she replace it for the duration of the trip and have the original fixed later.

No other damage, that I know of.

Great shot!

I mostly avoid doing fungus IDs of edibles... They are so variable even in a single species, and many totally unrelated, nearly identical, one can be considered a delicacy while the other deadly. In this case, some coral species are edible like lion's mane species (both belong to a different genus). Lion's mane is being studied for medicinal benefits.

When I lived in Germany (76-78) a German friend I worked with would take me out mushroom hunting at lunchtime. I learned about a dozen good ones and about as many really bad ones, some looking very similar with only subtle differences between good and bad. He said a GI once asked him: "Herr Bohn, what mushrooms can you eat?" To which, he answered "Oh, you can eat ALL mushrooms... Some, only ONCE!" :-)

Evidently they're regulars on this piece of water.

Checking IMDB I realize I've seen it. Apart from being an aviation movie, it bears little resemblance to the book.

However, two other movies have been made that are directly from it, or that draw heavily on it. Both star John Wayne and were produced by BatJac, his production company.

Island in the Sky, and The High and the Mighty. Gann is credited as the writer for both.

Sorry to hear about Nettie's accident. Good that you were there!

If I recall correctly, Gann had been a technical consultant on the movie but was so unhappy with it he pulled out and is uncredited.

But of course!

I believe my cousin called it Lion's Mane and classed it as edible. It's on State Park land, though, so stayed unmolested by us.

I'm glad it was no worse! Rest up.

Yeah, I hated to see it but was glad to be there to manage the scene and situation.

Hi Kelly

It's not my first group tour rodeo, but yes...

Bike damage appeared minimal in the field (front wheel out of true, but not trashed) but I don’t know whether there was anything else that required a mechanic's attention.

I have only two data points about roomies, but so far I've been paired with the same guy. Tomorrow I will be odd man out: we have five gents to share three rooms, so each of us will have a couple nights alone. My first turn is tomorrow.

The Gretchen Carlson in this case is my cousin, so in her youth it was Adams rather than Carlson.

She could have been a contender for the crown, though.

That’s such a shame bout your friend’s accident. It sounds like she was lucky to have you there watching over her.