Experience A Year Without Time
A television newscaster, a seminar presenter, and two Princeton University staff, quit their jobs to paddle the Missouri River, following the Lewis and Clark Trail, for a year. They threw away their clocks and watches to better learn the lessons of each bend in the river. The authors, two of the group, are mother and daughter. This is the story of one family's journey to be what they always wanted to be.
How the Book Began
"No, no, no, that's not how it happened..." I said to my daughter over and over and over. Seems that we each had different views, learned different lessons, and saw different vistas during our year-long expedition following the Lewis and Clark route down the Missouri River in canoes.
We've told the story so many times, given so many talks, that finally, we decided just to write it all down, differences and all. In fact, we think one's unique views are the quintessence of adventure.
We wrote separately, one in New Jersey, one in Arkansas, not reading the other's words until we'd finished writing our own chapter. We set deadlines, and e-mailed our finished chapters on the stroke of midnight, eager to read what the other had experienced.
In the process, somewhere along the way, we fell in love all over again. With the river, with the river towns, with our crew, and with each other.
We hope you use A Year Without Time as the jumping off point into your secret dream. |
