10 days since a blog & Haiti update

Since it's been 10 days & Maddy is better, I thought I'd post. I'm going back to Haiti in February! And bringing 3 - 6 people with me! I'll focus on teaching some residents about birding and get them started on a ecotourism business, and the other people may help with improving the rain collection setup that waters a garden that feeds kids in the town. I am selling cards with my Haiti pictures on them to raise money for bird books and binoculars (see former post, let me know if you want any!). Also I am going to take Heifer International workshop at their ranch near Little Rock. And Nadine my scooter has surpassed 300 miles, with only 2 people inappropriately passing me, and one person pulling out in front of me (I was able to stop in time since I expect people to not see me, though the 2 passers sure surprised me).

Nadine the scooter

I'm loving my scooter! I haven't driven my car since Friday. The seat holds 2 gallons of milk! Check out the koi decals I got for her. Her name is Nadine, after the woman in The Stand who rode a scooter (someone here at work said he was going to start calling me that).

Scooter woman!

I bought a scooter today! I need to practice a lot, but will ride it around town whenever I don't have the dogs with me. The salesman took this picture. He's a hoot. Sold 20 of these in 2 days. This is a Rocketa which I've since found some poor reviews on, but hey, it's my 1st one. I'll upgrade in a couple years if I want to go out on the bigger roads (like 23rd). Now I'll only need a gallon of gas every other week!