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Update on Jake
| Sun, 12-20-2009 - 10:58pm |
Jake is about ready to take to the water again! He got some things sent from home, not as nice as what he had, but good enough to use till better replacements can be sent to him. One of his sponsors - The North Face - is sending some things and another - Aqua Adventures - is also helping out. And the town of New Madrid has pretty much opened their hearts and homes to him. One guy took him to Memphis to get some gear and a woman arranged for him to stay in an apartment a dentist who lives a distance away but works part of his time in New Madrid keeps there. Jake can stay there till he's ready to go. And he got a special, locking pack to put his gear in when he has to go into a town. Hopefully the pack will protect his gear for the rest of the trip.
The police in New Madrid have been on the case from the start and, although I don't know for sure, I'm sure they're keeping an eye out on the pawn shops in the area and someone said they'd keep an eye out on the internet auction and selling places, so the things Jake lost may yet be recovered someday.
But as horrible as the person or persons who took the stuff are, my faith in the goodness of people is restored by the way the whole town, it sounds like, rallied behind a traveling stranger and went beyond the call of duty to help him get back in the water.
For up to the minute - or the day - events, in Jake's own words, keep watching the blog. I personally think it's very informative, lol. If you need the url, it's http://www.portagetoportage.com/blog.html


Hi Ann,
Finally, I can reply! The right half of the posting toolbar would not load last night..Grrr! It's sticking today too.
Anyway..I was so happy to hear that Jake is on his way again! It's