Small communities that are similar should think about mushing together for activity. Example: Hiking, Backpacking, Thru Hiking. It will generate more Activity and then branch out. We have too many niche pages that won't be active.
Yes I'm going to catch up with all the changes that happened. It's cool to hear that Ernest is still here. One of the last things I remember hearing from here when I was active on kbin was that he was considering stepping out of the project and giving the keys to someone else.