River Cruise & Annual Meeting
About this Event
We'll share a day filled with fun, food, networking, and beautiful views aboard the R.V. Goodwin Navigator! Get ready to mingle with fellow river enthusiasts, hear from some fantastic speakers, and enjoy a relaxing cruise along the river.
Activities include:
- Mimosas & Buffet Brunch
- Optional Boat cruise (choose morning or afternoon cruise)
- Guest Speaker: Leila Phillip, author of Beaverland
- Annual Meeting with special awards presentation
- And more!
Schedule (Subject to change):
10-11am: Morning cruise *
10:30 Check-in opens at Goodwin (for those not on the morning boat)
10:30 Brunch begins
11:30 Welcome, Awards, CRC Board Announcements
12:30 Featured speaker, Leila Phillip: Hidden Hydrology: How Rivers, Beavers, and Wetlands form Watersheds **
1:30 Book signing
2-3pm: Afternoon cruise *
Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to connect with others in a scenic setting. See you there!
* Tickets are limited and the cruises will sell out. Order today! Each narrated cruise will take approximately 1 hour and will run upstream and back again on this beautiful stretch of the Connecticut River.
** Students can attend Leila Philip's talk for free! Use promo code STUDENT at check-out.
About the River Cruise:
The cruise will be approximately 60 minutes aboard the R.V. Goodwin Navigator with Captain Bill Keyt. It will head north to the Bulkeley Bridge before turning around to make a loop through Wethersfield Cove. Along this route, we will pass an eagle's nest, the mouth of the Park River, the former trash-to-energy plant, and numerous views of the Hartford downtown skyline. Historic Wethersfield Cove is very scenic; after exiting the cove, we will likely take a short run further south to an active osprey nest, which is easily viewable on an old dock, before returning to Goodwin. It should be a pleasant cruise with various points of interest and great scenery along the river and its banks!
Additional boat details:
- There will be a restroom on board,
- Guests are welcome to bring their own cooler + drinks
- Binoculars are encouraged - wildlife sightings will be a part of the journey
- Cameras are also encouraged
- There is a very long ADA ramp leading to the boat, so those utilizing it should plan accordingly
About Leila Philip:
Leila Philip is an award-winning author whose most recent book, Beaverland, is a Times Editor’s Choice, New York Times Best Seller and NPR Science Friday Book Club selection which The Wall Street Journal called “as full of charm and wonder as its beguiling protagonist.”
A Guggenheim Fellow, Philip has also been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
She was a popular contributing columnist at the Boston Globe and teaches in the Environmental Studies Program at the College of the Holy Cross where she holds the Brooks distinguished Chair in the Humanities. Her writing has been selected for inclusion in Best American Essays and has appeared in national media including The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe.
She is at work on a new book about rivers which explores all the waters we usually never see in the river system. Follow her journeys with beavers and current research at #theleilaphilip on Instagram and Facebook. www.leilaphilip.com
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 10.00 to USD 40.00
