With temperatures in the low 70s and water like glass, the morning on Lake Martin was ideal for what Louise McPhillips had in mind.
“The most fun exercise I’ve ever done,” she called across the water as the 24-foot shell left a thin blue line behind her. “And the prettiest.”
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