Row Katie, Row! Almost finished!

Sixty-one (61!) days of rowing alone in the Atlantic ocean and Katie is nearing the coast of French Guiana! It's hard to believe that the girl I met back in November, is the girl in that boat.   It's hard to believe that the boat I saw in November, is the trusty vessel that has carried her all these days.

I admire her in so many ways. Reading her twitters and updates show what an amazing person she truly is! Alone at see for 61 days and her humor never falters, she is in awe of the nature around her, and despite the aches and pains, seems like she is having a world of fun.  Her website explains it all. Click on RowForWater to find out all about Katie and her personal trek to help fund safe drinking water projects! Go Katie!

My co-worker (who? whom? has been instrumental in the logistics of getting her vessel to Dakar & back) updated us yesterday with Katie's final destination.  Instead of French Guiana, they are now aiming for Georgetown in Guyana.  It will add at least another 10 days of rowing for Katie.  I wonder how she feels about that.  I wonder if I would be ready to go back to our imperfect world after seeing all the beauty she has along this journey.

Like the cool sea turtle...

or the resident dorados...

or gorgeous sunsets every night...

What a fun and wild trip to take on.

Godspeed Katie!

(ALL photos taken by Katie Spotz)

Water Water Everywhere

Our household resolution this year is all about water conservation.  Since we live so close the lake and many small streams and rivers, we see what happens to them when we aren't recycling and aren't being diligent about what goes down our drains.

To kick off our resolution, we donated to Katie Spotz's www.rowforwater.com.  We are going to follow Katie's journey as she rows solo across the Atlantic in an attempt to bring awareness to the cause. Amazing!My girls have now provided clean and safe drinking water to one person for their entire life.  And hopefully throughout the year we will be able to continue to raise money to help the clean water campaign.

So raise your canteen and toast the New Year with us as we start our water saving journey today!