Registration is Open for the 2007 Maine Chapter Annual Meeting!

The 2007 Maine Chapter Annual Meeting will be held Friday, September 28 to Sunday, September 30 at Camp Jordon on the shores of Branch Lake in Ellsworth near beautiful Acadia National Park. All AMC members are encouraged to participate in any or all of the weekend’s activities, as well as voice their opinions on the direction of the Maine Chapter (non-AMC members are also welcome to attend). Please complete the Registration Form to sign-up for accommodations and food options.

There are several great activities planned for the weekend, including hikes, bikes, paddles, digital photography workshops, and more.

Weekend attendees can bunk in well-maintained cabins. Tent sites are also available. A simple breakfast (muffins, fruit, hot and cold beverages) will be available on Saturday in order to get folks to their chosen activities. Sunday will feature a more elaborate breakfast with hot food items such as eggs and pancakes. In addition, there will be a make-your-own trail lunch option on both days. Costs for the full weekend of activities is $71 per person for the cabin option. Costs for Saturday evening activities and dinner is $17.

For more information, please contact Laura Flight by e-mail or at 207-215-5306. We are working hard to make this a great Annual Meeting and encourage all members and folks interested in the outdoors to attend!

The agenda for Saturday evening includes:
• A social hour (with complimentary munchies and beverages)
• Dinner (vegetarian option available)
• Annual business meeting to elect officers and present committee reports
• Guest speakers Jim and Lisa Lisius of Farminton Falls, Maine who completed the First Continuous People-Powered Crossing of the United States by Canoe

Jim and Lisa started in February 1993 on the Pacific Ocean and paddled for 15-months and 5,100 miles across the river highways of America. Paddling upstream through the big-water canyons of the Snake and Salmon Rivers proved to be the physical challenge of the journey. A 24 mile portage over the top of the Rockies led to the endurance phase: 2,500-miles downstream following the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, and then a 1,200 miles upstream winter on the Tennessee and French Broad Rivers to the top of the Appalachian Mountains. A final 23 mile portage led to a springtime finish on the South Carolina coast at Sullivan’s Island. Come share the sights and stories of how the trip changed their lives, their relationship, and their view of the world.

Jim and Lisa’s lives center around water and people. Their careers center on education with Lisa as University Health Center Nurse and Jim as teacher and engineer. Both discovered canoes as children, and they met during the canoe racing phase of their lives. They founded the Penobscot Fifty Mile canoe race, lead canoe trips, and teach canoeing and camping. They live on the banks of the Sandy River with Farmington Falls in their backyard. Summer finds them heading north to canoe the Atlantic coast of Labrador with their daughter, River Dawn.