Our Elderhostel Alumni group's bi-monthly meeting in Grayslake (
Northern Illinois Chapter of Elderhostel) featured several trip reports today. The first was Don's PowerPoint presentation on his recent sailing adventure out of Camden, Maine on the ketch "Angelique." They spent 6 nights aboard as they explored the waters of Penobscot Bay, visiting small towns, spotting waterfowl and seals, helping raise and lower sails, taking turns at the helm, and dining on tasty shipboard cuisine and even including a lobster bake on shore. You can see a photo of the craft on the poster behind Don. The naturalist and folklore specialists also added much to the educational component of this program.
We then viewed a professional DVD showing the boat and all its amenities, which along with Don's photos and descriptions had us all ready to sign up for the trip!
Then I showed photos of my recent 9 day trip
canoeing Utah's Green River as well as his 6 day backpack trip in
Arizona's Canyon de Chelly National Monument. The audience was amazed at the scenery but not anxious to do the seemingly straight-up climbs to reach the mesa tops!
Following the meeting, six of us adjourned to my place for lunch and a session of our writer's group (see next post.)
Steve and I spent part of the day in Camden on our trip through parts of Maine last week. It's definitely one of my favorite spots of the trip, a delightful, picturesque town. We had our first lobster roll there, and it was awesome!
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