You know, I can still remember that day when Muriel Curtis, the director of Station Maine, knocked on my front door and said “Hi! I’m one kid short for my hundred mile expedition down Penobscot Bay, so how would you like to come? You’ll be gone for two weeks and you’ll have to pack everything you need in a small pack that’ll fit under your thwart. You will get hungry and tired, sun burnt and windblown. You’ll row in the rain and the baking sun, but you’ll have fun!” And some

Mariah is a Senior Watch Captain with Station Maine. For the first few of her seven years with us she was the only girl rowing with us. She never seemed to notice, nor did she allow the boys to treat her differently because she was a girl. She pulled her oar with a power that brought her the title of Girls Champion in the CrashV, an indoor rowing competition on Vinalhaven. Since then, Mariah has continued to take greater and greater responsibility for the crew. Although she a