As is my wont when prepping for trips, yesterday as I was packing all of my supplies, I had an episode of Star Trek The Next Generation playing in the background. I’m an aficionado. It’d be embarrassing to elaborate, but suffice it to say that I’ve seen all the episodes several times. I had somewhat … More Time to watch more Star Trek!
I safely arrived in Athens! Thank you all so much for your emails checking in on my progress. The flight was long but uneventful, and now I just have to catch up on my sleep to get back to 100% before going to Naxos tomorrow. Looking forward to sending pictures and updates from there!
All my bags are packed and I’m ready to go! I’ll catch a train from New Haven in just a few hours and then, it’s off to Greece! I can hardly believe it has come up so fast. Now that it’s here though, I’m anxious to get through the traveling portion and get out to … More On my way!
So my origami kayaks from Oru look amazing, but before I took them all the way to the Aegean, I decided I should give them a try on some tamer waters closer to home. The weather has been chilly all spring, but we had a warm couple of days these last two weekends, so Claire and … More Maiden voyage of the kayaks
The crowdfunding campaign was a huge success thanks to all of you! All campaign I was watching the statistics page count up the number of visitors. It was extremely exciting to see all the people coming to learn about my project. Granted, more than a few of those hits were from me anxiously refreshing the page, but … More Crowdfunding stats
We made it! $5,000 in 20 days. Thank you everyone for sharing the link, donating the project, and giving great comments and ideas on the experiment! I’m so excited! I leave for Greece in just a few weeks and am putting the final touches on packing lists and protocols for the summer. In the interim, I’ll … More Crowdfunding Success!
Colin Donihue 