Jan. 3, 2000
Saint John, NB, Canada
At 9am, this email made my day:
Hey maaannnnn!
Well... I recently heard your views on CBC radiostation-very interesting. Your approach to life is not new but I believe your nature is unlike others who seek into the same piece of life that you create. I am an 18 yr. old female finishing last year of high school....tearing my mind over what university, career choice, money, blah blah.......we all know the drill. Well I have to thank you because I have been told time after time "do what you desire" and it began to sound like broken record. THEN I heard you and it was so genuine, somewhat filled with a guarantee. For what it is worth you have helped me to take the baby step into a new birth. Next June instead of sticking my nose in a book and reading cloudy words on wet pages trying to lead the ideal little university life-which I would have no use for, I am traveling to Australia from Canada, and taking it from there. You gave the kick in the ass to get that last hesitation confirmed with no doubt--- I CAN DO IT :).
Thank you, not just for inspiration but for being yourself, and trying to share the up side of life.
little chicky named FRAN.
This one was also interesting:
I happened across your website while searching for some possible records on a gentleman that began a canoe trip from Western Canada through the Panama Canal along the gulf coast of the U.S. and hopefully to end in Eastern Canada. I met him in 1954 (when I was four) and for some reason am trying to find out about him. Obviously, he had a profound effect on my life, as I am sure you are having on the lives of the people you meet on your journey.
Are you aware of any such trips during that time? I was hoping that maybe you studied similar explorers prior to you taking your trip. I only remember his first name to be John and my family still has an oil painting that left with us while visiting on Sanibel Island. Any help will be appreciated.
Good luck on your "education." I envy your courage.
Ray Rhodes
