Angle to Key West: The Cuban Comet, Part 2 (7/18)
Gainesville, FL – 1969 Nine years after the ferry from Havana to Key West, everything changed in about four seconds on the third play of Florida’s game against number one […]
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Angle to Key West: Up Rapids and Jumping Off Cliffs (7/17)
I’m off the water for a few days, but the adventure will continue as soon as I get back and the Looksha accepts my apology for abandoning her. That doesn’t […]
Angle to Key West: The Cuban Comet, Part 1 (7/16)
Havana, Cuba – 1960 The ’58 Oldsmobile rolled toward the heart of Havana’s harbor, towards the sloped ramp of a ferry bound for Key West. Cuba’s ties with the United […]
Angle to Key West: Lake Superior (7/15)
Lake Superior, Grand Portage Bay, MN – July 15, 2012 I imagined the moment a thousand times before it happened. I pictured the richest green forest giving way to the […]
Angle to Key West: The Grand Portage (7/14)
Grand Portage Trail, MN – July 14, 2012 The trail is all utility. It doesn’t rise to a mountaintop or follow a ridge. It isn’t seeking out a perfect view […]
Angle to Key West: Fort Charlotte (7/13)
Fort Charlotte, Pigeon River, MN – July 13, 2012 Fort Charlotte is nothing now, just a bend in the Pigeon River, a turn with a small wooden dock and a […]
Angle to Key West: End of the Map (7/12)
Pigeon River, MN – July 12, 2012 I know the world doesn’t end at the edge of a map, water doesn’t stop flowing, trees don’t fall down like dominoes and […]
Angle to Key West: Meet Wally (7/11)
Moose Lake, Boundary Waters Wilderness, MN – July 11, 2012 “This is some bull…” Let me introduce you to a friend of mine. He’s that heavy-set fellow with thick arms […]
Angle to Key West: Love and Hate (7/10)
Mountain Lake, Boundary Waters Wilderness, MN – July 10, 2012 The roar of water drew me in. It rushed across the lake, crisp and clear, singing like the voice of […]
Angle to Key West: Height of Land (7/9)
South Lake, Boundary Waters Wilderness, MN – July 9, 2012 It’s strange to turn a corner, watch the water open, and feel like you’ve jumped three hundred years forward in […]
