Earlier this month, the Fish Quill Poetry Boat Tour participants paddled from Elora to Six Nations of the Grand River Territory and stopped along the way to read at cafés, arts venues and local heritage sites. During their travels, they read to welcoming audiences; sang songs around the campfire; coped with rain, rain and rain; got to know the juke box at the Nutty Parrot (see days four and five); admired "prehistoric-looking blue herons"; and dined on camping cuisine, including plenty of salami and cheese sandwhiches. The campers kept a diary along the way, which they generously shared with Open Book.
