On last Friday, I received two messages about the Kyker Bottoms trip which indicated the senders would not be able to participate. I appreciated those notes. However, as usual I heard neither positive nor negative from anyone else. Thus at 6 a.m. on Saturday, as usual before a trip, I went to the assembly point for car pooling (Ingles) at 6 a.m. By 6:30 a.m. no one had arrived so I went home. In the future, we need a better system! In the future, if I do not hear that someone intends to participate in the planned field trip, I will assume that no one is going and I will not be at the assembly point. I probably contributed to the confusion by providing a late field trip plan, so I apologize for that. Our next field trip will be to various points along the South Holston River in Sullivan and Hawkins Counties on Saturday, November 14. Next week, I will publish a more detailed plan. John Moyle Glen Alpine Road Kingsport/Sullivan County