The question came up more than two dozen times this past week. My response was always: “Because we can.” Now, it’s all behind us. It’s 11:30 a.m. and I’m sitting on a flight back to Detroit, Mich., recalling the five-day, 600-mile boating odyssey my three best friends and I just completed. I laugh when I hear a flight attendant tell a passenger they can’t put their bag in an overhead compartment because they stow the life raft there. Made me think about our life raft, floating out the rear of our boat, Charlie swimming after it.
Charlie (Chiara–Media Coordinator) has been the media producer for Avalon/Tahoe for 10 years. Travis (Conners – Engineer) the owner of Indian River Sports Center in Indian River, Mich., sells our Tahoe line. And Doug (Haskell – First Mate), my traveling companion today, is the owner of North Shore Marine, an Avalon/Tahoe dealer in Manitou Beach, Mich.