Dan Smith acknowledgement:
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Congratulations to Mark with his 1st place finish in the 1,200 mile water tribe race.
He finished at 3:08 am Saturday morning the 27th. His time is 20 days 20 hours 8 min.
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We all kind of knew he would be the man to beat having a mentor like Verlen and paddling a canoe built by Verlen gave him a distant advantage. With that advantage he still had to get the job done and get the job done he did with a pace not many people can keep up with and with his passion in canoeing.
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I remember when he showed up at Verlens as a rookie in the mid 1990 and wanted his advice on a trip down the Grand River to Lake Michigan. Well he ended up in Verlens canoes for that trip and the rest is now history.
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Verlen is smiling down on Mark now with that famous smile of his and I know he is very proud that Mark has done with his canoes what they were intended to be used for and he keeps on doing it.
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Hell I am very proud of him too! Dan
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