Rockhounding

We spent this fine fall morning running the trails and roads around Wolfe's Neck Farm. At the end of the run, we took a few minutes to search the roadside and shoreline for perfect rocks - bigger than an egg, smaller than a grapefruit, no jagged edges, no barnacles or algae, etc. The rocks are prizes for our upcoming road race, the Phil Soule 5k Phlail. Phil Soule was a former Bowdoin coach whose nickname was Boulder, so rocks seem like a more fitting prize than ribbons or medals and such. So, today we gathered up several dozen rocks, winnowed out a few that didn't make the cut, and left a box of our best for Lou McNeil over at Rhodes Hall. Lou is a carpenter at Bowdoin - he'll tidy up the rocks and make them worthy of prize status, and in just over a week, the race will be on.