I love this kind of favor....

So these old friends of BMC own a "war canoe," a 25 foot ten seater, and they needed to paddle it over from upper Blue Lake to the BMC Boathouse on Eagle Lake for the winter. So a bunch of us drove up there and paddled it back. What a trip! This thing is a gorgeous, hulking old canoe that used to belong to the US military in the 1930's. We paddled through two lakes carrying Oakley, the golden retriever who sat placidly in the front. At one point Tom said, "Everyone turn around now so we can take a picture!" and we all sat there, paralyzed. Nobody wanted to upset our balance. Even though the snow has melted, that water is still freezing cold.

It's really winding down now. Four more days. I'm trying not to think about it too much.