News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
Bruce Mason and Suzanne Pepin lived the life many dream of. They’ll share that life in a Kiwanis presentation. photo provided
For nearly a decade, Bruce Mason and Suzanne Pepin sailed the Caribbean, living alongside Kuna Indians, weathering hurricanes and relishing an off-the-grid way of life that is the stuff of dreams for armchair adventurers.
On Wednesday, April 13, they will recount their years of high adventure in an evening program hosted by Sisters Kiwanis. The program is set for 7 p.m. at the Sisters Fire Hall community room. It is free and open to the public.
A lifelong adventurer and former director of the University of Oregon Outdoor Program, Mason and Pepin spent nine years on a 42-foot catamaran, part of a close-knit yet independent subculture of sailing
nomads.
They now live far from the ocean in the high desert of the Sisters Country.
The Kiwanis evening program grew out of a conversation between Kiwanians Al Boyette and Tom Worcester. They recognized that the 30-minute presentation period at regular meetings of the service club just weren't enough for some of the interesting topics available for exploration.
So they decided to create an evening program and open it up to the broader Sisters community.
"We decided to do it at the fire hall and make it available to the public," Worcester explained. "We don't charge for it, but we do accept donations."
Previous events featured a talk by naturalist Jim Anderson and a discussion with Sisters-based sailor David Hiller on the upsurge in Somali piracy.
Jim Cornelius is editor in chief of The Nugget and author of “Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans.” A history buff, he explores frontier history across three centuries and several continents on his podcast, The Frontier Partisans. For more information visit www.frontierpartisans.com.
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