Time-Out, GenX
Get home for dinner before the street lights turn on, I reminisced tonight, as the hum of the mercury lights kicked on nearby. Nostalgia is seeping into the quiet corners of my corona lock-down experience. It’s taken a few days for me to identify the subtle flavor in my thoughts…it’s childhood, GenX. I was a…
Afloat at the Dawn of Corona
Prized rum, pictured above, carefully tailored for Team Get Kraken by a most thoughtful and generous neighbor (P.A.), who epitomizes the Day Islander community spirit (no pun intended). Wait, isn’t this blog about some rookie training for the Seventy48? Yes, this blog is about my training for the Seventy48, as Team Get Kraken (N =…
Overcoming Defiance
Until today, my training had been limited to laps of the Day Island lagoon and the Titlow basin – about a mile and quarter each lap with a variety of navigational obstacles making getting into a rhythm a little tricky. A handful of local harbor seals and friendly island neighbors cast inquisitive looks my way…
Seventy48: Get Kraken!
The email came in this afternoon: “Congrats and welcome aboard. You’re in! “ *SQUEEEEEAL* and gulp. I have officially been accepted as a solo rower into the 70-mile, human-powered only race from Tacoma to Port Townsend this June: the Seventy48. It was a natural progression of events… Matthew and I have immersed ourselves each year as…
Sail Like a Girl…
While this phrase inspires Girl Power on it’s own, in this case I’m referring to the all-girl winning crew of the 2018 Race to Alaska (R2AK). The spirit of these courageous and tenacious ladies was an inspirational force aboard Awesome and will surely endure in the mind of our little 5 year old. She followed their…
Ketchikan: Where Cruise Ships and Fishing Fleets Collide
Late May in Ketchikan is soggy and green yet umbrellas are sorely out of place. Locals get about their business in practical rubber boots and thick fleece jackets while somehow immune to the persistent rainfall. The town has exploded in growth to support the booming cruise ship industry and a sea of tourists ebbs and…