A Passing

By now almost everyone in the nation has heard about the passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy. I found out about his passing at about 7 in the morning half way into the two hour drive to Boston.
I spent the day with leading a GPS program for Boston University's common ground program. After the program I waited around Faneuil Hall for the late Senators Motorcade. Not much I could say about the event would explain what it was like to actually be there with the six thousand plus people who were there to pay their respects. So instead of writing I will let a few photos talk for me.

And I'm Back!

After 10 weeks of grueling and tiring work as a Trip leader for a summer camp I have returned. I have Paddled a lake with swells 4 feet high, I have gone island hoping in a kayak in Jonesport, ME. I have scaled to the top of Mt. Katahdin. And I have loved it all.
There isn't much out there that I love doing to the point where I will do it for free and on my own time and as a job. Leading wilderness trips is probably that one thing that I will do all the above. I spent 9 Days hiking the Appalachian trail in Maine and for 8 of those I was wearing boots filled with water(day 9 I wore my sandals "Why didn't I think of this earlier?!") while tramping through waist deep ice cold rivers and mud up to my "Danger zone" as a select few of friends would call it.
Then after all that grueling backpacking we made it to the summit and I was as happy as I could be having not showered in over a week.

Now comes the hard part, I have to find a job doing other things... Wish me luck.