So big canoe brigading is like having a giant family! People are treating us like their kids! We've been invited for supper by several teams which has been outstanding! The crew is a wonderful mix of interesting people: engineers, teachers, lawyers, tradespeople, hippies etc. We also have a seventh generation David Thompson descendant is paddling with us!!
Today we rossed the border in our canoes!! Probably the only time I'll ever go through customs on a wilderness beach!!! So cool. So many stories!! Check out the 2011brigade.org site for news stories (mainly with us on the front page!!) We have been getting up at 530 most mornings in order to be packed and on the water for 7 a.m! I guess that will condition me for teaching Trinidad this fall, where classes start at 730 am. Fortunately we have calmed the storm that was the contents of our truck/trailer... things are finally getting under control!
I already have an epic sun tan, and already getting ripped :P. Yesterday one of the old vets did a headstands in the boat...while moving!!! Lots of gorgeous pics to share. If you check our site you can see were we have paddled; right now we are making our way down Koocanusa Lake, which is a man-made reservoir for Libby Dam, the water level is 20 m below normal so we have been paddling on the lake bed, with huge sandy bluffs leading to the natural beaches looming on either side. Today we found a stump of a tree at the bottom of the reservoir that was over 250 years old, meaning it had seen David Thompson pass by the very same place 200 years ago!!!
Clear skies and fair winds,
Graham
Today we rossed the border in our canoes!! Probably the only time I'll ever go through customs on a wilderness beach!!! So cool. So many stories!! Check out the 2011brigade.org site for news stories (mainly with us on the front page!!) We have been getting up at 530 most mornings in order to be packed and on the water for 7 a.m! I guess that will condition me for teaching Trinidad this fall, where classes start at 730 am. Fortunately we have calmed the storm that was the contents of our truck/trailer... things are finally getting under control!
I already have an epic sun tan, and already getting ripped :P. Yesterday one of the old vets did a headstands in the boat...while moving!!! Lots of gorgeous pics to share. If you check our site you can see were we have paddled; right now we are making our way down Koocanusa Lake, which is a man-made reservoir for Libby Dam, the water level is 20 m below normal so we have been paddling on the lake bed, with huge sandy bluffs leading to the natural beaches looming on either side. Today we found a stump of a tree at the bottom of the reservoir that was over 250 years old, meaning it had seen David Thompson pass by the very same place 200 years ago!!!
Clear skies and fair winds,
Graham
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