I never wrote a song in my life - never really thought about it. Last week, a good friend asked me to write a song based on his 3,000 mile voyage up the Atlantic coast, then up the Hudson River and through the Erie Canal to Lake Erie, finally ending in Tawas Bay, Michigan where the boat will spend the winter. The boat is named Avia, a 37-foot Morgan sloop thay lived upon for the past 6 years. Because of health issues, they will be moving back to dry land in the near future, but before doing so they decided to make one last, long cruise. Roger and his lovely wife Sandy, will winterize the boat, leave it in Michigan, then fly to southwest Florida where they will spend the winter in comfortable temperatures.

Roger wrote the first verse and chorus and asked me to add some verses and put everything together. Here's what I came up with: Avia's Song

The photo below is of Roger and Sandy when they sailed up the C&D Canal on their way north to the Hudson River.

Hope you enjoy the song,

Gary