Brothers on a boat: Cruising the ICW

My brother Wayne has dreamt for years about buying a boat to live on. When he called to say he had done it, I was thrilled for him, and then doubly thrilled when he invited me to help move the boat from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Lake Ontario.

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Flashback: Canada had the Underground Railroad…but also slavery

“Let it be taught,” said our feisty tour guide, Dorothy. “Canada had slavery – a lot of people don’t know that. But we outlawed it sooner than the United States and then offered sanctuary to freedom-seekers escaping slavery south of the border.”

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