Maybe one day, one lazy afternoon many years from now, Wendy will be sitting in a big comfy chair enjoying a fresh ocean breeze lifting white flowing curtains. She’ll be reflect back through the years to Newfoundland and 2006. She’ll remember headwinds and fog, brisk blue days, and wind bound afternoons. She’ll remember the waiting. She’ll recall days of big swell and nights of dead calm. She’ll think of open water crossings and making great time. She’ll get pitch-poled. She’ll see a perfect sunrise and remember the feel of a damp sleeping bag. She’ll remember sprawling out on the sand, exhausted. And she’ll hate stumbling over rocks, all over again. She’ll feel swollen fingers and a swollen heal. She’ll hear the echos of waves reflecting deep within a cave. She’ll see faces, rooms and homes. She’ll pass random little buildings on otherwise empty shores. She’ll see memories like waves; days folding into weeks then receding into moments. She’ll almost hear the sound of whale somewhere off in the distance. Maybe she’ll smile. Maybe she’ll catch her reflection in the dusty glass of a nearby window. And she’ll think to herself, almost mischievously, “Wow, I AM amazing!”. And she’ll be right.

Wendy Killoran completed her “Round The Rock” circumnavigation of Newfoundland, Wednesday, August 16, 2006. Congratulations Wendy!!!