Funny you should say that. Foreign Female Friend from my sitch, who's 20+ months into MLC+WAH, says the same thing -- she walked for 3 hours t'other day.
As a City Guy, "wildlife" for me = pigeons and squirrels and "the woods" = that scrawny tree next to the fire hydrant. Taverns. They're full of answers, too. And you don't have to worry about grasshoppers. Or scorpions. Or snakes-in-the-grass. Well, not the "living" kinds anyway!
I think your basic insight -- "DBbusiness-as-usual without reading into this" -- is absolutely where you need to be. You did your thing, sent your note, she returned not-discouraging responses. Cool. Let it ride and see what happens.
