Would you fly all the way to Sweden, build a 7,000-pound raft out of logs, and spend three days floating down a foreign river—all just to grab a nostalgic bit of the California dream? That’s exactly what writer Chris Colin did, along with his wife and two thoroughly San Franciscan kids. The family’s experience, captured in Colin’s “Why Not Live Like This?” in Alta Journal’s Issue 33, is both inspiring and surprising, if not a little bit terrifying. Colin joins Alta Live to regale us with his family adventure, detail the beauty of life aboard the SS Rosie, and explain what floating down a Swedish river has to do with life in California. Don’t miss this one!
About the guest:
Chris Colin’s work has appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing. He produces the podcast Longer Tables with José Andrés.•
