Dave Wermuth
Who hid my paddle?
Thank you Judy Kitchen for all your efforts that made the regional assembly such great fun for us.
As we were having pasties an old man came up to us and asked if anyone would want to buy his old canoe with sail rig. He said he came by last year but no one took him up on it. We speculated that it was a beat up OT but you never know, it could be a peach. I suggested he speak with Craig Kitchen. Chris and I decided to climb Sugar Loaf mountain and take in the spectacular sights. While sitting on top of the hill with the world at our feet Craig called me on my cell. "hey Dave, it's got a wide stem and it floats and all the sail rig is complete". and then he said, "I bought it, Judy doesn't know yet." by that time I had him on speaker phone. "We'll be right there."
I said to Chris, "which do you want to be? Mike or Frank?" He got to be Mike and I played the roll of Frank. Craig led us there to the man's house just outside of Marquette and there it was. But the owner was not there. I took pics, and someone got the garage door opened and started laying out all the sailing rig. that's when I spotted the neighbor eyeing us suspiciously. Fortunately I was able to draw on my personality and strike up a conversation with the neighbor, who turned out to be a pretty cool guy and once made his own canoe. By the time we had the sailing rig assembled the owner and his wife arrived. They told us of fish caught, ducks shot, kids and big waves. Did I mention it has a floor rack too? I may have to resize to get these pics to load, but here goes....
As we were having pasties an old man came up to us and asked if anyone would want to buy his old canoe with sail rig. He said he came by last year but no one took him up on it. We speculated that it was a beat up OT but you never know, it could be a peach. I suggested he speak with Craig Kitchen. Chris and I decided to climb Sugar Loaf mountain and take in the spectacular sights. While sitting on top of the hill with the world at our feet Craig called me on my cell. "hey Dave, it's got a wide stem and it floats and all the sail rig is complete". and then he said, "I bought it, Judy doesn't know yet." by that time I had him on speaker phone. "We'll be right there."
I said to Chris, "which do you want to be? Mike or Frank?" He got to be Mike and I played the roll of Frank. Craig led us there to the man's house just outside of Marquette and there it was. But the owner was not there. I took pics, and someone got the garage door opened and started laying out all the sailing rig. that's when I spotted the neighbor eyeing us suspiciously. Fortunately I was able to draw on my personality and strike up a conversation with the neighbor, who turned out to be a pretty cool guy and once made his own canoe. By the time we had the sailing rig assembled the owner and his wife arrived. They told us of fish caught, ducks shot, kids and big waves. Did I mention it has a floor rack too? I may have to resize to get these pics to load, but here goes....
