happy birthday uncle wray

a man and his dog, in a kayak  / 1999

uncle wray turns 59 today. yay. sadly i could not join him and his beautiful wife up in maine to celebrate. but mom and i did send up a birthday treat.

during the summer of '99, the whole family went up  to maine for our annual vacation. one day we took the family flotilla (a couple canoes, a few kayaks, small motor boat and a bathtub-sized sail boat) down river for a picnic. on this particular day, uncle wray was looking for a companion to kayak around with. no one was up to it. no one, that is, but jackson... a gorgeous weimaraner, weighing probably no less than 80 pounds.

the framed contact sheets above show the loading, launching and subsequent failure of uncle wray's kayaking adventure with jackson.

jackson passed away this year at 14 years old. he will be missed.

happy birthday uncle. love you.