"Checkers," a sub-adult green, was released at Juno Beach last Thursday afternoon. It was - like any release - heartwarming and inspiring to see the little turtle swim off, on his journey home.
When I got home I backed up video and took a look at what I had filmed. Some of it is certainly going in the doc! :)
The next morning, however, I awoke extremely ill. I made it through 9 hours of vertigo by sleeping a lot and not leaving the couch.
I get frustrated with Menieres. I had planned to do so much on Friday... and the only thing I did was waste a day. Saturday was a recovery day (as the vertigo attacks leave me pretty messed up for a day or two).
I'm a little behind where I want to be on the film right now.
Good news is I think the release dates for my "primary" turtles are quickly  approaching! Their journey home will be the final parts of the filming portion of my doc.

Yesterday, I was forced to take a break. I had planned on cutting video from the interview and creating a new clip to put up on here.
In the morning I shot a gorgeous sunrise over a fairly calm ocean. I came home backed up that footage, cleared my CF cards and headed back out. It was a short drive to Round Island and I was out on the trail within moments of my arrival.
The wildlife at Round Island never fail to deliver. Usually there are resident manatees hanging out in the still, murky waters around the island.
There were no manatees to be seen. Most likely they've had to swim south for warmer waters as we've had a bit of a cold snap.
But the osprey were fishing like mad and the sky was just as blue as a saphire.
After getting some good stills of the osprey, I drove home, made a quick lunch and then suddenly was overcome with vertigo. My old pal, Meniere's Disease had decided to pay me a visit.
You see, I'm not only hearing-impaired and going completely deaf as a result of this fun disease, I'm also at its beck and call as far as unpredictable vertigo is concerned.
It was a severe and lengthy attack. Today, I am worn out but mostly recovered today. So, back to the film. :)

Cheers,

-Rick