Before I got into our presentation at Glanford Middle School on our final day in Victoria I first want to thank all the people and organizations that made our cocktail party the evening after our the eagle feather ceremony a great success. Dockside Green for providing an incredible venue overlooking Victoria, the International Women’s Co-op […]
The afternoon was pleasantly spent in the sun at a dock outside Dockside Green, pleasantly chatting to folks who had heard about our boat and its location that day including the occasional cyclist, runner, and walker who spied it from the conveniently placed path. Late in the afternoon we receive the Blessing from The Esquimalt […]
Rick and I reacently spoke with Kirby Lindsay of the Fremocentrist, our local online paper here in our, dare we say peculiar, neighborhood of Fremont here in Seattle. According to most sources its the center of the universe. To us its home to our local boathouse Lake Washington Rowing Club, the Troll under the bridge […]
Instead of the two hours band-aid naps as we would have been taking on the boat we pushed thorough the entire day rolling past the border around seven pm, giddy with exhaustion, singing both USA’s and Canada’s national anthems, of which the three Yanks in this crew will have to return the honor of learning […]
Standing on the dock in Tacoma I felt the temperature drop considerably around 5pm, our scheduled time of departure. With it came the north wind. I paid it little mind thinking this was merely the erratic gusts that often come with the transition of day into night and would die after nightfall. I was more […]