The Caroga Clock is Ticking!

I am doing my final research and caption writing this weekend for my book -- Around Caroga Lake, Canada Lake, and Pine Lake -- for Arcadia Publishing.

On Monday, it goes to two sets of eyes for review. (Fingers crossed I haven't made any glaring mistakes!)

On December 6, an electronic file containing 200+ photographs, captions, and text heads to South Carolina for editorial and layout work.

Then, I catch my breath just in time for the next holiday (and the next big project)!

Thank you to everyone who has supported this effort along the way. For those of you who shared photos and stories, I say thank you.

For my friends and family who knew I was simply lost in my own world, thank you.

For the historians, museums, agencies, and all-knowing Carogians who never seemed to mind one more question, another email, an unusual phone call ... thank you.

For those of you who will come out to a summer program or book signing ... I thank you in advance.

It truly is a Thanksgiving!

Now ... to make it through another North Country winter and find that warm spot of sand by the lake in June! (Thank you.)