As I travel the country this summer I am taking my alma mater’s mascot along for the ride.  I am a proud graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.  Our sports teams just moved up to NCAA Division I in all programs, competing in Hockey East since 1984 for

The first day of my cross continent journey was jam packed. I traveled from Central Massachusetts to Coney Island, with the vineyards, fishing villages, and strip malls of Long Island in between.  I met some interesting people including a nuclear submariner, and caught up with friends and family. My ferry