Yesterday I recorded an interview with Roberta Jasina of WWJ Radio in Michigan, as a taster for my presentation in Fenton on Saturday night. You can listen to it here.
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I shall be doing a presentation in Fenton, Michigan, this coming Saturday, as a fundraiser for Headwater Trails, The talk will take place at the AGS Middle School Cafetorium, 3255 Donaldson Drive, at 7pm. Proceeds from this fundraiser contribute to the development of the Top of the Shiawassee River Trail.
I will be showing excerpts from my Atlantic videos, and talking about the experience of spending 103 days on the ocean - alone.
You can obtain tickets from the Headwaters website - click here.
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Back to reality with a bump. After luxury in St Louis last night, it's indifferent in Indiana tonight. But a pillow is a pillow, wherever it is and however much it costs...
My plan is to be in Columbus, Ohio tomorrow, then Pittsburgh, then Washington DC by Tuesday.
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Last night I stayed in a $30 motel where, due to a quirk of the plumbing, the contents of my upstairs neighbour's toilet bubbled up through the plughole of my washbasin. I had been warned that Salina was the bad food capital of America, and dinner at the Ponderosa Steakhouse was accordingly dire.
Tonight I am staying at the luxurious Chase Park Plaza Hotel, in a corner suite, high floor, park view - courtesy of Bob and Jamie Craft, who are also allowing me to gatecrash Jamie's 60th birthday celebrations at the exclusive Niche restaurant where their son is the head chef.
I love it when these juxtapositions occur in my life. I didn't mind the humbleness of my bed and board last night - I was tired after another long day driving and grateful for anywhere to lay my head. But I am also grateful and appreciative of my much nicer circumstances tonight - and all the more so because of the contrast. If I enjoyed this kind of luxury all the time, I'm sure the delicious pampered feeling would soon wear off.
And I'm REALLY excited about getting to use the fab facilities in the hotel gym tomorrow morning - a bit different from my early morning trot across the flats of Kansas followed by a dumbells session in my room that constituted my workout this morning.
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