| Jim Leinfelder lives in Minnesota. He writes for Minnesota Monthly Magazine, is a producer for Minnesota Public Television, for NBCNightly News and for Dr. Phil. |
| Our first contact with Jim came in the form of an e-mail in which his opening words were, "Yet another writer who wants to do an article on the Adirondack Guideboats, this one for Minnesota Monthly." |
| Jim went on to write that article and in the course of becoming an acquaintance and then a friend, Jim said, "You know, if you could get Bob Sullivan interested in your boats.....that would be something. Bob is really big time." |
| As it came to pass, Bob did become interested in our boats...see his article on our boats in Vogue. And then, last Thanksgiving Jim came out from Minnesota to visit Bob and we were able to finally put Jim out in one of our boats. It was a cold November day, the wind was howling....blowing perhaps 30 knots, from south to north on the Hudson. When we pulled into the parking lot at the river, when we saw the river we said, "Jim, you're really going to have some fun out there." |
| When Jim got back he said, "I'm a life-long canoeist....if I hadn't been out there myself I wouldn't have believed it. That boat is absolutely incredible." |
| Later that day, when sitting in the same boat on Bob's front lawn, measuring it for size, Jim pulled out his MasterCard and said, "I've just got to have one. How much is the kit?" The photo is of Jim and Bob on the shore of the Hudson. |
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