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A Farewell to Elpis

It has taken a long time to write this short post, partly because grad school is inconveniently time consuming, but mostly because I...

Throughout our entire Great Loop trip, Emily and I have always been asked, “What’s next?” It’s a question Emily has had an answer for,...

Pulling into the harbor at Mackinac Island was an incredible experience. I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE! I didn’t realize how stressful it was...

Half way through the Trent- Severn, my mom had a genius idea. Instead of using an expensive, heavy dock pole to fend off of grimy lock...

Marguerite was my last boat visitor for the trip. Now it was just me and Elpis, and it was time to go. Time to move forward towards home,...

The afternoon before I left the magical haven of rest with Jerry and Marty, I got a text from one of my best friends, Marguerite. “HEY...

My sister Lynn arrived on Elpis with a cold front and ready for adventure. We were ready to head north and traverse the Georgian Bay, and...

With a few days remaining in Ellen’s visit, Elpis traversed her final lock and returned home to Lake Huron. The boat had spent much of...

After Emily left, a lot of the aspects of the trip completely changed. There was no more regular rhythm, no more “figure it out as we...

I scowled at the slightly darker mass of cloud off the port beam. To the untrained eye it would have blended in with the rest of the sky,...

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