I had a similar experience in high school. We borrowed canoes from a friend who had been a Boy Scout at a much younger age. His canoes had been stored upside down for many years. As we turned over the canoes we were greeted by a swarm of wasps who have made the canoes their home since the spring of that year! The canoes had wooden frames but canvas like sides. Near the end of our trip, the canoe I was in turned abruptly toward the shore, we heard a cracking sound as the canoe basically broke in half. Needless to say our trip ended sooner than originally planned.
And I also will not go near Iowa’s filthy water with the exception of some streams/rivers in NE Iowa. Fun article Dart!
It’s a big lesson to learn that there are places that simply have to be protected if we want our grandchildren and their grandchildren to have clean air and water. Holing up in Farrago-sur-Mer ain’t gonna help Drumpf and friends after they’ve dirtied all the rivers and polluted the air.
Heh heh It was fun for old Dart to rediscover young Dart again. Interestingly, 1964 was the same year I discovered "teen music" which began whole 'nuther adventure.....whoa!
I had a similar experience in high school. We borrowed canoes from a friend who had been a Boy Scout at a much younger age. His canoes had been stored upside down for many years. As we turned over the canoes we were greeted by a swarm of wasps who have made the canoes their home since the spring of that year! The canoes had wooden frames but canvas like sides. Near the end of our trip, the canoe I was in turned abruptly toward the shore, we heard a cracking sound as the canoe basically broke in half. Needless to say our trip ended sooner than originally planned.
And I also will not go near Iowa’s filthy water with the exception of some streams/rivers in NE Iowa. Fun article Dart!
It’s a big lesson to learn that there are places that simply have to be protected if we want our grandchildren and their grandchildren to have clean air and water. Holing up in Farrago-sur-Mer ain’t gonna help Drumpf and friends after they’ve dirtied all the rivers and polluted the air.
Thanks for this, young Dart.
Heh heh It was fun for old Dart to rediscover young Dart again. Interestingly, 1964 was the same year I discovered "teen music" which began whole 'nuther adventure.....whoa!