G: ....we just assumed that-they would come and they did. So, we had a number of people giving

 papers at that at the meeting and was published. Jimmy Griffin did get to that one. Ben

 Ross got to that one also in addition to some of the other people who we had mentioned

 earlier. So, that was, things were pretty active, but the first year, in addition to

 meetings and things like that, Hale and I did a lot of traveling. Ah, we put a lot of miles

 on that old green pick-up, touring the whole state and trying to check-out mainly previously

 known locations, talking to local people and since we worked for Florida Park Service, of

 course, visiting all state parks along the way and laying the ground work with them. And

 some of the events that that year and other years are kind of fun things to recall. I

 remember one day somewhere south of here and back in the Palmetto scrubbie type of place

 for some reason Hale and I decided we wanted to look at a little woody ridge or something

 we could see about a quarter of mile away. So, we parked the truck and started walking

 over there and it was about chest high palmetto scrub. We were walking with shovels over

 our head. We got about half way over there and it was like a sea of palmettos around us and

 enfringing over the roots that we could not see, of course, cause we could not see our feet.

 Suddenly, we looked at each other and began thinking about rattlesnakes and things and said

 why in the hell are we here, you know? (Laughter) But ah, we,were a little bit naive

 about some of the environment I think at that time even though I had grown up in it. The

 state was far different. Now, I remember I told somebody recently that we ende up one

 night where the ah, U.S. 41 and the Taimiami Trail make a right angle down to Naples and

 there was a service station and a kind of little grocery store on that corner and they

 had about three colleges. We put up there and had an early dinner. It was still quite

 light so we drove over to Naples Beach and watched the moon rise and ah walked the beach

 collecting shells. There really was not anything there, really. It was just almost like

 a virgin beach and when you think of Naples today, and see how much it has changed. We

 look for other places too. You know you look on the map and Highlands County and you see

 a place called Henscratch. Ah, we could not guarantee there was going to be a sight there

 but we were determined that we had to see Henscratch. (Laughter) So, we took off on the

 road one day for that and the road got deeper ruts in;the sand and the palmettos kept