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148 It’s where we go to sponge out our brains and start
OREGON COAST RETREAT

fresh – where we swap the blare of city traffic and
office phones for the rhythmic rumble of ocean
waves, the squawk of hungry gulls at sundown, the
throaty groan of foghorns. It’s where we trade
deadlines for tidelines; where we follow a trail in-
stead of a routine. It’s where we go to breathe

158 SCHOOLHOUSE FOR SAILORS

It’s about a dozen miles as the crow flies from the
village of Bayfield, WI to Stockton Island in the
southwest corner of Lake Superior. But on a three-
day sailing trip last summer in Dave Cushman, and I
were taking the long route as we tacked back and
forth on our 33-foot vessel, the Breeze.

164 CRUISING THE ANTARCTIC

You can do this, I told myself. I stripped out of
my yellow expedition jacket, wool cap, gloves,
fleece layers, tights, rain pants, and long un-
derwear, down to my bathing suit. I was ready
to step into the frigid South Atlantic Ocean off
Deception Island to become a member of the
Antarctic Polar Plunge Club.

Alison DaRosa

Alison DaRosa is a six-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Gold Award for travel writing,
the most prestigious prize in travel journalism. She served 15 years as Travel Editor of The
San Diego Union-Tribune and was the award-winning editor of the San Diego News Network
Travel Page. Alisonwrites a monthly Travel Deals column for the San Diego Union-Tribune
and is a regular freelance contributor to the travel sections of the Los Angeles Times, USA
Today and AOL Travel. Learn more about Alison on her website, www.AlisonDaRosa.com

Carl H. Larsen

Carl H. Larsen is a veteran journalist based in San Diego. He now focuses on travel
writing, and issummoned to pull out his notebook whenever there’s the plaintive cry of
a steam locomotive nearby. In San Diego, he is a college-extension instructor who has
led courses on the Titanic and the popular TV series “Downton Abbey.”

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