As promised, here's one story from the boat. Lily Heyns is the captain of the Inland Seas and, as such, she was kind of a serious person (at least at work). When I mentioned to her that they had won a Lakie award, she asked me "What does that do for us?". "Well, not much, I guess" I said, "It's just kind of a fun thing that we do."
So I described the different types of awards we give out (Great Lakes News of the Year, Great Lakes Science of the Year, that kind of thing)...as I was doing that, I realized that I didn't remember what they had won a Lakie for. So I looked it up on my phone as I was talking to Lily...scrolling through Science Podcast of the Year, Great Lakes Fact of the Year, etc., finally arriving at their award. The S/V Inland Seas had won a Lakie award for the...Great Lakes Non-Animal of the Year. Lily didn't break character when I told her this, but I also think she never looked at me the same way again.
As promised, here's one story from the boat. Lily Heyns is the captain of the Inland Seas and, as such, she was kind of a serious person (at least at work). When I mentioned to her that they had won a Lakie award, she asked me "What does that do for us?". "Well, not much, I guess" I said, "It's just kind of a fun thing that we do."
So I described the different types of awards we give out (Great Lakes News of the Year, Great Lakes Science of the Year, that kind of thing)...as I was doing that, I realized that I didn't remember what they had won a Lakie for. So I looked it up on my phone as I was talking to Lily...scrolling through Science Podcast of the Year, Great Lakes Fact of the Year, etc., finally arriving at their award. The S/V Inland Seas had won a Lakie award for the...Great Lakes Non-Animal of the Year. Lily didn't break character when I told her this, but I also think she never looked at me the same way again.
Sigh.