Compiled by Adam Fornear
Objects in picture may be closer than they appear
I am truly jealous of our campers and wilderness trip leaders every time they load up in the van (with canoes in tow) and head north for an adventure in Boundary Waters. Now, while I cannot head out on trail during the summer due to my responsibilities as the Wilderness Trip Director, I do manage to get out too many of the same locations during the off season. I love getting to these places just as much as our campers do – and also hovering over the whisperlite stove brewing hot water for coffee or whipping up a great dinner over the fire in the Boundary Waters.
Fornear says he saw some live moose too… Sure, Fornear!
At the end of August, I had a great four-day fishing trip out to Isle Royale. I motored out on my 20’ fishing boat at about 30 mph, getting me there in under 45 minutes… just a bit quicker then when our campers take the Voyageur shuttle. Sure, we had coolers with ice on the boat, steaks, real milk, and of course fresh Lake Trout every night, but it was still great to get out to Isle. The scenery is amazing, moose everywhere we looked, and most importantly amazing night skies of stars and a Milky Way so vivid you feel like you can walk on it. As I sit here typing, I’m also thinking about my Boundary Waters trip next weekend. Most importantly…the food. If you’ve ever been to a trip physical the night before a trip, the one thing that the kids are most interested in is the menu. Well, it’s no different when you go on a Boundary Waters trip with a bunch of retired trippers from the early 90’s. Hardly any talk among the grew about gear or a route…just what are we going to eat! Funny thing is though is that we have the same meals year after year. First morning out will be egg glop (it’s delicious), first night supper is mock duck stir fry and loads and loads of cookies. Lastly, at the end of the month I will be packing up the fly rods and heading out to Jackson, WY to chase trout. I’ll let you know how that goes next month.
As you can see below, I don’t have a ton of news to share as of yet. Reunions don’t start for a bit and I can only spend so much time on Facebook in the office, so PLEASE help me out and send me news of you! Please email ([email protected]), text, carrier pigeon, Facebook (sorry – I don’t tweet…yet) or IM any awards, athletic participation, theatrical roles, or other accomplishments that you want to share, and I promise you will make the next edition of “In the News!” Until next time, get outside and create some mini adventures this off season for yourself!
IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW that Ryan Mack (Bedford Hills, NY) is staying busy playing soccer for his school and also flag football. Jonah Rontal (Detroit) is competing in USA Climbing competitions with the team from his local climbing gym, Planet Rock. Jonah has also been tearing up some single track dirt trails on his mountain bike. Levi Whalen Stewart (Portland) plays center defensive midfielder for his soccer team.
Noah and ACo laughing their way to Colorado for the winter
IN THE WHERE-ARE-THEY-NOW DEPARTMENT: Noah Stein (Chicago/Denver ’05-’10,’12,’14-‘19) is and Instructional Assistant at the Joshua School in Denver. There he works with students with autism and developmental disabilities. Andrew Meyer (New Paltz, NY/Bahamas ’05-’10,’17-‘19) is teaching environmental education at The Island School in Eleuthera, Bahamas. Ben Kersten (Chicago’03-’08, ’10-’12) is starting a post doc in Art History at UCLA. Andy Cohen (St. Louis/Breckenridge ’04-’10,’12-’15,’17,’19) is the Dual Property Director of Housekeeping for Vail Resorts in Breckenridge, CO.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE RECENT ENGAGEMENTS go to: Jeff Schram (Boston’97-’02,’04-‘06) and Natalie Mandel (Boston).
WEDDING CONGRATULATIONS go to: Joel Saslawsky (Memphis ’02-’08,’10,’12) and Stephanie Saslawsky (Memphis).
BAR MITZVAH CONGRATULATIONS go to: Leo Susser (San Francisco).