ericnourse

Sorry I never got back to you, things got super busy and I kinda forgot about the trip. Hope you guys have a great time, thanks for the offer.

eric. That sounds fine. Thanks.

Eric,

I am one of Derk's Friends from school. I kayaked with him very little since I am somewhat affraid of moving water. He would get me out on easy stuff every once in a while, but i know him well from school skiing and a little rock climbing. One thing that I think a lot of his friends didn't know about him is that he is a literary nut. He is an engineer, pretty darn good at math, but he was also a poet. I talked with one of our proffesors that Derk knows extremely well today. She informed me that they were going to finish editing a compilation of poems by him for publishing when she gets back from canada on the 28th. He is going to be a Published Poet! I have no idea how hard it is to do an engraving....but I know he has written tons of poetry and some of his words might be nicely placed on the memorial you spoke of. If you are interested in this let me know when you planned on hiking in and when. I am interested in going, but can't make a commitment.

Regards,
David