KateKintail's Book Journal

Today I took my first road trip in Love (the name of my brand new Honda Element). I made it a duel purpose trip to release books for the A. A. Milne/Winnie the Pooh Birthday Challenge (that I'm hosting) and the History Challenge. So today was all about taking pictures of my releases and getting my first Markeroni landmarks!

I went from Burke, VA, ended up in Glen Echo, MD, and then back again. I released 34 books in the process and snarfed 15 landmarks.

Here's what I did:

• Snarfed Silas Burke House (which I've passed by for 20+ years now) & left a book


• Filled Love's gas tank


• Snarfed Skirmish at St. Mary's (a book I left there last year got caught) & left a book


• Snarfed Fairfax Station & Railroad Museum & left a book


• Released 8 Pooh books at Teddy Bear Day Care


• Parked in order to snarf a marker in Fairfax City and managed to park right in front of a Vietnam Memorial I didn't even know existed. Snarfed it & left a book


• Snarfed Mosby's Midnight Raid marker & left a book


• Snarfed Legato Schoolhouse & left a book


• Snarfed Birthplace of the Confederate Battle Flag marker & left a book


• Snarfed Richard Ratcliffe's Mount Vineyard Planation marker & left a book


• Released a book outside Langley High School


• Released two Beatrix Potter books at Clemyjontri Park for my Art in the Pages release project


• Snarfed Langley Fork marker that I suddenly passed on the roadside (my first spontaneous marker snarf!) & left a book


• Released 8 Pooh/Milne books at Dolly Madison Library because their Art in the Pages statue features Pooh!


• Decided to use Jill to see if there were any other historical landmarks nearby. Headed to Clara Barton's house... but kept passing landmarks along the way!


• Snarfed Claude Moore Colonia Farm & left a book


• Snarfed Lock 10 & the Canal House along the C&O Canal/trail & left a book


• Snarfed Cabin John Bridge... and stood admiring the view at the start of sunset for a while & left a book


• Snarfed Clara Barton's House & left a book


• Snarfed a spot at Glen Echo Park... that I just realized I forgot to submit at Markeroni! Off to do that now!


• Passed by a Dunn Loring Metro on the way home and HAD to pull over to release a book for crrcookie's challenge

The foursome on the roadtrip: Eeyore (Markeroni mascot), Jill (the GPS), Love (the Element), and me (the photographer)! LOL

So... I managed to knock out the entire History 2009 Challenge in one day. And I released 18 Pooh/Milne books on Jan 18. And released a few other books that fit with other challenges. Not bad! Tomorrow... a short trip to Poe High School to release a book on Poe's birthday!

My stats for the October Tick Tock Challenge:

Total released: 45 (I was hoping for 50, but didn't collect enough ahead of time since I was too busy getting animal books)
Catches: 1 (absolutely terrible percentage, but at least there was one)

I've got some photos up from some recent meetups and release adventures!

You're Such an Animal Challenge Releases- I've just got to brag... exactly 200 released for this challenge!

Art in the Pages Releases- http://www.kintailscape.com/BC/artinthepages.html
I've released another 7 books for my project! I'm thinking if I hit 20 I'll be very happy. If I manage 25 I'll be extremely happy. If I get all I'll be shocked. I'm at 18 right now :-)

Fall for the Book- http://s338.photobucket.com/albums/n427/KateKintail/BookCrossing/FallfortheBook-September%202008/?albumview=grid
I released exactly 222 books at GMU at the Fall for the Book Festival on Thursday... and another at Michael Cunningham's reading on Friday. Had a fun day giving out books and making bookabouts to wild release books on campus.

National Book Festival- http://s338.photobucket.com/albums/n427/KateKintail/BookCrossing/NationalBookFestival-%20September%202008/?albumview=grid
I brought 50 books to the festival (bad idea- killed my shoulders) but released most in themed releases so that made me happy happy :-) And I got to see some cool authors, too. Afterward we went to crrcookie's and had pizza and a great walk by the Potomac and packed bags as gifts for Un-Convention-goers.

AIDS Walk Washington- I released books at 3 Metro Stations as part of BC in DC's Metro Station Release Challenge. And I released an autobiography of Greg Louganis at the Walk, where he was Grand Marshal.

Zoo Trip- http://s338.photobucket.com/albums/n427/KateKintail/BookCrossing/ZooTrip-%20October%202008/?albumview=grid
I finally got to see the new Asia Trail today! I left 16 (easier on the shoulders!) books at the zoo at related animal spots (statues, cages, signs, etc.). I had a great time there. And I released books at 2 more Metro Stations!



It's been a busy past few weeks! And I've got my road trip to Pennsylvania and tons of faerie books to release this weekend!