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== Field Notes Discussion Start ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' But nobody, everyone's waiting. Everyone's waiting for us to talk about the Field Notes. Right? Should we do it now? The National Parks Edition. Yeah. Yeah. There's no point playing the game. The guessing game.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You sure? Yeah. Because you're on record, and rightfully so, as there can be too much Americana for a non-American, right? Yeah. I think this one crosses a threshold, though, right? Is that the feeling?

'''Myke Hurley:''' My problem with the Americana, typically, is when it is displayed in such a way that I don't find particularly imaginative. So, like, here's a picture. Right? And they're beautiful pictures, but they don't mean anything to me. Right. But these, it's, what, nine books? Yeah. Incredible, beautiful illustrations, all by different artists. Yeah, nine different artists. It's, I don't have mine yet, but straight up, this is probably one of, if not the best that they've ever done. Like, this is National Crop all over again, right? Oh, yeah. National Crop is what got me into Field Notes. Mm-hmm. Like, this is an absolutely stunning body of work that they have produced. Yeah. Like, even doing things like every three set, in one of the books, they moved the logo.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Right. Right? Because the artwork needed it. They put the logo down the bottom. I think that this is just a monumental addition. Like, it's incredible.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They had to be giddy to produce this. Right? Yep. I mean, knowing Brian and Jim. And, you know, for years and years and years, what are we, 10 years into this? Is that where we're at? Into the subscription or eight years, something like that? You know, for years, you know, people would play their own guessing game. Okay, what edition's next? And National Parks was always right. It was like people's, it was either like National Parks, Highways, which they just did recently, and a lot of like bird watching stuff. Right? You know, like the Autobahn Society and, you know, birds and things like that. But National Parks was probably at the top of everyone's list for years. And when you know that your fans are expecting that edition, you better deliver. Right? And I, this, I think like, if you, if you pin me down to like pick favorites, okay, I'm going to pick like one or two editions, like ahead of this for me. Like, what was the space one called with like the little foil stamps and the constellations? You know, that one of the first spaces that they did. Yeah. Like, that is probably like, I would pick that one over this one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, Night Sky is still my favorite. Like, because it means, I just love that book so much. Like this, this is, you know, like, this will be many people's number one. And it is got like on mine, like without even having them yet. I know this is like top five. Easy. Yeah. Easy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This is one of those editions that I would, it's almost like an 11 out of 10 because they went so far above and beyond what the norm is.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. That's so clever. Right? Like this is the edition they decided to bring out after they put the price up. Right. Right. So you immediately get the value because you got three extra books. Right. Like if, if you subscribe now, but like, Oh, they are selling this for $12.95.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. Which is normal. But that's crazy though, right? For the past year and a half. Yeah. For nine. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So, I mean, we're both ecstatic about the edition and I mean, rightfully so. And I think, you know, just across the board, people have loving, have been loving it. But I need to talk a little bit more about this, Myke. All right. And non, like, uh, non, like rating, reviewing type thing. I think this pushed me over the edge of my subscription and wanting to cancel it. If those two things can actually go hand in hand. I actually feel like I know why. It's too much.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's what I, it's exactly it. I don't use these and now I'm getting nine of them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I had the same kind of feeling and which is super weird. It's a strange thing to say. Right. I just, I don't use enough of them anymore. You know, I, I will, I will fill a couple of field notes a year. Right. And I love having them and I love my collection. Like I adore my collection, but I don't think I have space to put these nine where I put. Right. Right. And so I'm not, I'm not at the point of wanting to cancel because honestly, I feel like the value is still there for me, even if it's just like art pieces to own. Right. Right. Because I really do feel that way about these notebooks. Like they feel like I'm happy to collect them because I, I feel like I'm amassing this collection of art that means something to me.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm hmm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But from a usage perspective, like it, it does highlight, like I'm now going to have some, I mean, and I know that like nine books is, is actually, I think it's like less than I usually get, right? Because you don't, you get like, no, it's, it's more, it's three more, right? Because you usually get six. Yeah, three more. So I'm getting nine. And so it's like, oh man, I don't know where they're going to go.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. Right. Like, so, and then we'll have six more coming theoretically in, you know, three months and six more after that. Yeah. And it's like, it's too, and you know, it's at the point now where you can pick and choose and you don't need to subscribe to get all the things, even though if you weren't a subscriber, but I never not want to, that's the problem. This is going to cost, this would cost you $36 for these three issues, right? If you weren't a subscriber, if you did not subscribe and you say, oh boy, these are stunning. I'm going to, I want all three of them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You're way better off subscribing. And we're talking about.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Of course, when I'm saying about a 1295, it's not like nine.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's stupid. Right. Right. Sorry.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.