Kathryn Page Camp

  My stories aren’t meant to be autobiographical, but occasionally some of my own experiences do creep in. I was working on a chapter where ...

  Last week I wrote about looking for photos to submit at the Lake County Fair. Most of my photos aren’t competition-worthy, though, and tha...

When Roland’s family gathered a week ago for Mom’s funeral, they did the natural thing and spent time reminiscing. But although they rem...

As mentioned last week, we spent an extra night at Ludington, Michigan, during our 2011 sailing vacation because of the strong storms fo...

Freizeit ’s last sailing trip—and ours—came in 2011, when Roland and I sailed up the eastern coast of Lake Michigan. The trip had two pu...

Freizeit was a travelling vacation home, but it was never supposed to be a home at home. Then Hurricane Ike hit. By September 14, 200...

Some boaters terminate their North Channel trip at Little Current, and others go on to Georgian Bay. Although we would have liked to tra...

Now that we had a bigger boat, we were ready for another attempt at the North Channel. This time we made it, but we still had some unwan...

Most sailors dream about moving up to a bigger boat, and Roland and I were no exception. By August 2002, we had done our research and de...

Murphy’s law says that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. A good sailor tries to anticipate what can go wrong and prepare for it....

  Roland and I became boat owners in May 1992. After we looked at several used sailboats with my two requirements (an enclosed head and...

The “sail” that hooked us on sailing wasn’t a sail at all. It was a very long, windless day on Lake Superior with five adults and four c...

After 25 years of sailing, Roland and I are headed for dry dock. In other words, we are selling our sailboat with no plans to replace it...

My mother died on December 15. She was 96 years old, had a good life, and was ready to go. She didn’t want to be here for Christmas, and...

The best Christmas present I got last month was the one I gave my mother. I admit it. I gave my mother something I wanted myself. And I to...