Stratton Brook Crew

Rob S.  >>

Hi, I am Rob from Midcoast Maine where we all like to eat at Moody's Diner. 

- If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? I'd go to Norway
- What would be the movie title of your life? I Was a Teenage Werewolf
- Can you play a musical instrument? I am a former percussionist
- What super power would you want? The power to photosynthesize
- What book have you gifted most? Through the Eyes of a Stranger, by Will Bonsall
- What did you want to be when you grew up? An astronaut
- Where is your favorite place to adventure in Maine? Any river I've never paddled
- What is your favorite people powered activity? Canoeing, hiking, and skiing
- What is your favorite thing about the hut? The large kitchen spaces

Emmy H. >>

Hi, I’m Emmy and I’m from Honeoye Falls, NY where deer outnumber people!

- If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? I would love to go paddle the Yukon.
- What would be the movie title of your life? Where the Wild Things Are
- Can you play a musical instrument? I play flute and am starting to dabble with a few other instruments
- What super power would you want? I think it would be incredible to be able to shrink down to about 4’’ so that I could ski on the smallest patches of snow, and tiny rainwater streams could be spreadable whitewater!
- What book have you gifted most? My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman
- What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a veterinarian or a Forest Ranger!
- Where is your favorite place to adventure in Maine? I have many favorite places, but a new favorite is the Allagash Wilderness Waterway!
- What is your favorite people powered activity? By winter, I love to ski, but the rest of the year I canoe!
- What is your favorite thing about the hut? I am stoked to cook hearty meals for hungry winter travelers!

Benji A. >>

Hi, I am Benji Astrachan from Portland, Maine where we all love to swim in freezing cold Atlantic waters.

- If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? I would go to Patagonia to hike and climb.
- Can you play a musical instrument? I used to play trumpet and guitar but haven’t in years.
- What super power would you want? To be able speak/read/write in all spoken languages.
- What book have you gifted most? "The God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy
- What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a librarian or English teacher
- Where is your favorite place to adventure in Maine? I love going on bike adventures on the different islands of Casco Bay to find little beaches.
- What is your favorite people powered activity? Hiking and biking
- What is your favorite thing about the hut? I think the solar tubes at the Huts are really cool because they’re so simple but so effective in passive solar lighting.

Hannah M. >>

Hi, I am Hannah Marshall from Huntington, VT where we all like to drink maple syrup for breakfast.

- If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? The crater lake in central Quebec that forms a perfect circle on the map.
- What would be the movie title of your life? Little Miss Sunshine
- Can you play a musical instrument? About 6 chords on the banjo-lele.
- What super power would you want? The power to eat everything delicious without ever being too full.
- What book have you gifted most? Tacky the Pengiun
- What did you want to be when you grew up? A duck
- Where is your favorite place to adventure in Maine? The northern rivers of Maine
- What is your favorite people powered activity? Canoeing in the summer, skiing in the winter, both in the spring and fall.
- What is your favorite thing about the hut? The Clivus!