The Wild Rover

One spring, I decided to build a rowboat and row it up the entire coast of BC and Alaska. Well, that was the idea, anyway.  Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t just wake up one morning and take off.  The idea sat in the pantry, alongside other dehydrated dreams, waiting to be rejuvenated when the conditions were right.  With enough money in my pockets after a winter of work behind me, my craving for a summer adventure could finally be nourished. The first hint of inspiration to row

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The heat outside was unbearable. As I lay motionless in a starfish position on the bed in a small air conditioned room in the early...

In the summer of 2013, I was done with the world for a while. Having been a seasonal worker all my life, I had just spent the past year...