Tim Morey has walked more than a thousand miles in Mashomack Nature Preserve. The natural descriptions in this book were collected visions categorized along the way as he planned the storyline for Alsoomse. He initially spent a few hours with each visit, following the various trails on this large tract of land, as training for standup paddleboard racing and 5k runs. These afternoons turned into longer and slower explorations as the signs along the way of past indigenous life became more obvious and through the mind's eye, an account was beginning to unfold that became the reason to return each time.