On July 2nd, 2017, I’ll slide my Adirondack
Guideboat into the hopefully placid waters of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron,
Ontario, pushing off towards my home waters of Lake George, New York. This blog
will chronicle that 680 mile journey, or at least as much of it as I can cover,
and I am grateful beyond words to Kathy and Peg for their help both for lift
to Canada and also for the maintenance of this blog. You may notice several
earlier blog entries that profile the nature of my laughably irresponsible
preparation for this journey, and as I row, the girls will document whatever progress I make
along the way. The bulk of the writing will take place when I return…if my then-gnarled
fingers can tap a key. Thanks for vicariously joining me in the boat and,
Canada, Happy Birthday!!
I tell the people I meet that one purpose of this row is to raise some money … in this case for financial aid at Boys’ Latin. Financial aid puts a lot of wonderful kids in my classroom and in our schools, young men who otherwise would not have access to a school and community like BL.
So … if you are so moved, hit the link that I’m told is somewhere on the blog (Ed. note – it’s in the column on the right) … and do what you can? I’d be rowing anyway … but this is the classic case of making lemonade out of an aging rower.
