This morning Team Viking began the long, arduous trip to Labrador, which is the very first step on the path of our adventure In the Wake of the Vikings. Beginning from iconic Pennsylvania Hall on the campus of Gettysburg College, shortly after 9:15 AM on July 7th, we headed out on the first leg of the 20-hour trip to the ferry station in Nova Scotia. We hope to be in Labrador by the afternoon of Monday the 10th, which perhaps gives one a sense of the scale of the expedition even before the first of our boats hits the water. Our departure was celebrated by a small group of loyal supporters, supplemented by shout-outs from the sidewalk from a couple more fans of Team Viking. We wore our Sweetwater Kayaks t-shirts in honor of our lost friend and partner Russell, as well as to call to mind many happy paddling adventures with him and his loyal cohort Tim. The discerning observer also will note the boat racks atop the car, which will allow us to leave the trailer set up as our basecamp when we take the boats to launch points for day-trips and overnight pack-and-paddles off the coast of Labrador and Newfoundland. We plan to break our journey this evening for dinner en route in Maine with old friends and honorary Team members Bucky and Nancy. More anon! Follow along in ten-minute intervals via this link!
Make a Run for the Border! Team Viking Heads North
In the Wake of the Vikings 