From the time of my last post, until December 23rd, I printed. On December 27 I drove.
I have just returned from delivering the printed sheets of Lac Des Pleurs to binder Craig Jensen, a 19-hour drive from Stockholm, Wisconsin, to San Marcos, Texas. The books were entombed in four bubble wrap cocoons slid snugly into four 18 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck plastic totes that were placed in the bed of a 2004 Chevy Silverado pickup truck. Each cocoon was carefully labeled with Craig’s address and telephone number. Should a collision cause the totes to get airborne, the cocoons still had a chance.
The maps were delivered unfolded so final adjustments might still be made. We were able to find a way of trimming the head of the book without slicing the top fold of the map, making for a better book. Craig set me up in his bindery folding. I finished folding and drove back to Wisconsin with Lac Des Pleurs in the rear view mirror.