Aug
29
2012
Aug
16
2012
How can you not love Erie?
Author: Stephen
Aug
9
2012
Paddler’s vacation
Author: Ruth
Stephen is taking a week off from paddling during my vacation so we could spend some time together in Ontario….
Aug
3
2012
Welcome to Ontario
Author: Ruth
Jul
29
2012
Fired!
Author: Stephen
I’ve been biding the weather for three days here, as I’ve decided to paddle from here to Point Abino, a 20-something kilometer open water crossing.
Jul
23
2012
Sleeper Cell
Author: Stephen
The marina has a gentle disarray and nautical clutter, including an old fishing boat undergoing a hopeful restoration…
Jul
21
2012
Back Support
Author: Stephen
Sitting in the Erie, Pa., library, on a blustery, rainy, day. Erie is a tough lake, and I am so grateful for all the kind people who have helped me along the way. At breakfast on launch day four weeks ago in Monroe, Mich…
Jul
13
2012
Fairport Harbor
Author: Stephen
Retired engineer and infinitely curious Frank Fenoglio, of Cleveland, met me as I was pushing off the little island in the Chagrin River I had camped on. We spent the day pushing headwinds…
Jul
9
2012
A Sinking Feeling
Author: Stephen
It’s Monday, and I called in sick. I’ve had a cough for the past couple of days, and had a hard time sleeping last night. I might have come down with a cold, or it could be from hanging out with a dozen chain-smoking fishermen for a couple of days over the Fourth (which, if that was the price, was worth it).
Jul
8
2012
‘Round the Camp Fire
Author: Stephen
It’s almost 8 PM on July 7 and I’m waiting for the sun to go down. It’s hot, hot, hot, here on the banks of the muddy Cuyahoga. “95 degrees, feels like 112.” Feels more like 300 to me.