June 27th, 2012

We walked the tour with Helen Mirra as our prototype "guide user," and learned a lot about what works and what doesn't. Being with the trees while thinking out the details makes a big difference, and there are other rewards:  we saw a nuthatch on the basswood trunk, following its characteristic downward path: the woodpeckers claim the upward path, so they both can feed from the same tree.  Some tweaking of the tour is in order to both text and particular tree choices. This tour is developing organically and with a lot of very helpful support from friends!