Monday, September 19, 2011

long time no update ... :)

all smiles for having finally reached Glacier Lake, phew!

Hello my dear family & friends,

It's been quite awhile since my last post from the Bow Valley where I was tramping about the Canadian Rockies with my new partner Pam. It's been great having such a kindred spirit to connect with at home & out in the "wilds" & "not-so-wilds" wherever our feet have taken us. We've been enjoying our time together so much that last year we decided to head up to the "Great White North" together.

As many of you know, Pam got hired on as one of the new Heritage Presenters (aka Backcountry Interpreters) for Nahanni National Park Reserve up in the Northwest Territories and I was happy to join in on whatever adventures would come our way with such a move :)


It was unfortunate that I would no longer be available to offer Nature Reconnecting hikes & activities for Gaia Collaborative Medicine out of Canmore, but I was comfortable with trusting that opportunities would arise for me to offer my skills & energy to seek out some rewarding activities for me to get involved in as well.

I've been sharing more of my stories & pic's through my Facebook page, which has meant less time for keeping my blog up-to-date :( So, if you'd like to catch up on these stories & pic's since we left the Bow Valley, please check out my photos on Facebook if you are already plugged in to FB, or, you can visit my albums at:
http://www.facebook.com/media/albums/?id=526286844

Given Pam's long-standing connection with Parks Canada (~24 years of Summer seasonal work & ~7 years since she first got on with Winter seasonal work as a snowplough driver :) & the fact that this Nahanni postion was only for this past Summer, we are not yet certain of how things will unfold for us this Winter.

Pam & Teresa enjoying a sandbar stop along our paddle to Liidlii Kue (Fort Simpson) fr. the ferry landing 14 km upstream

There are a few prospects on the horizon that could enable both of us to be gainfully employed here in Liidlii Kue (Fort Simpson) for a longer period of time. I recently had an interview with the Arctic Energy Alliance http://www.aea.nt.ca ... to be posted in a new position they created for the community here as a Regional Energy Pathfinder. Pam is waiting for her interview with Parks for a Resource Conservation Technician position here for Nahanni NPR.

So, we'll see what shakes out for us. Pam has also been successful with the request to have her seasonal Winter position transferred to Jasper National Park fr. Lake Louise. So, if the Res. Con. position doesn't happen up here for Pam, she can at least have the opportunity to have a fresh start in Jasper driving the snowploughs again.

Little Miss Yukon ... the gorgeous Husky/German Shepherd that we've been helping take care of ... we also hope to work things out this Autumn so that Yukon can come live with us :)

I'll try to add more pic's into this post real soon, I've uploaded a few pic's for now, but in the meantime, hopefully the link to my Facebook albums will work for you.

Hugs 'n' Bugs, love,

Teresa ... & Pam (aka TiPi) ... & Yukon too

p.s. here's a bit more of the story behind the picture at the beginning of my blog ... I was very pleased the group I was with (as a "canoe-filler" for the 1st 11 days of a 22 day canoe/hiking trip), ... when we finally reached Glacier Lake. We were all absolutely knackered after the 7 and a half hour hike to get to this wonderful spot in Nahanni NPR before heading up the next day for another 7.5 hour hike to get to the Cirque of the Unclimbables, phew!
Quite reminiscent of my tramping adventures Down Unda with the heavy packs & all kings of bushwhacking. The big difference was the more forgiving soil/moss ground that we were hiking on in Nahanni vs. the hard granite underfoot pretty much everywhere I went in Australia (except for the beaches of course)!!!

Global Sunlight Map

Lunar Phase

"Awakening the Dreamer ... Changing the Dream"

Joanna Macy & David Korten Dialogue on the Great Turning ("For the Grandchildren" event)

Money as Debt video - Paul Grignon

The Story of Cap & Trade (Annie Leonard)

YouTube

How It All Ends - http://www.gregcraven.org/en/the-videos

Oh, the Places You'll Go! - Dr. Seuss