RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT - Through the Years
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<strong>RICHARD</strong> <strong>ALLEN</strong> <strong>SCOTT</strong><br />
THROUGH THE YEARS<br />
1963<br />
A highlight of 1963 was<br />
my selection for a<br />
scouting regatta in<br />
Montreal. And from <strong>the</strong><br />
looks of this photo, I<br />
know I intimidated my<br />
partner! Just how I got<br />
<strong>the</strong> nod for this trip is<br />
beyond me.<br />
The extent of my<br />
expertise was that I had<br />
canoed a few times at<br />
YMCA camps (on one<br />
occasion at that camp I<br />
figured I was going to<br />
drown as we tried to<br />
make landfall in a very<br />
strong wind, and<br />
weren’t getting<br />
anywhere, just tossed<br />
around severely). Also, I had canoed with a friend of mine on<br />
Wascana Lake, Regina, and at Regina Beach. This guy was very<br />
inventive. He built a drop keel into his canoe, put in a mast, and had a<br />
small sail. That was fun for <strong>the</strong> few times we got out in it.<br />
For this trip, we got to take a cross-country train, which I always enjoy,<br />
and if memory serves, <strong>the</strong> porter on <strong>the</strong> left of <strong>the</strong> photo is <strong>the</strong> same<br />
one we had when we first arrived in Canada and took <strong>the</strong> train from<br />
Toronto to Regina.<br />
Boarding <strong>the</strong> train in Regina – 1963<br />
(he’s staring at me again isn’t he?)<br />
The highlight of <strong>the</strong> sailing<br />
was getting dumped into <strong>the</strong><br />
water, which was <strong>the</strong><br />
sewage outlet for <strong>the</strong> city of<br />
Montreal. We had to scrub<br />
ourselves when we came<br />
ashore after every time we<br />
got wet. Nice. Didn’t win<br />
anything ei<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
June 2017<br />
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