In April 1972, Bill Estes and Dick Byrd embarked on a 200-mile canoe journey with the fin
Taking a canoe on a 200-mile trip may not be some people’s idea of working, but for Richard (Dick) Byrd and Bill Estes, it will be. The canoe trip, which will take the two from Troy to Pensacola, began this morning.
Byrd, a 27-year-old from Orion, has about an hour’s paddling experience. He said that he had ridden in canoes many times while working in Panama…