Archive for June, 2011
We have spent the past week paddling on Lake Athabasca. After making our way off the Tazin River through a series of lakes and portages, we came out onto the big lake near the community of Camsell Portage. It is a very small town, but they do have all the… Read the rest
I didn’t find a single minute to write stories on my unplanned trip back to the States for Barry’s memorial. I’m sooooooooooo glad I was there, thanks Dad for the Frequent Flyer ticket! …Just back to Tahiti, where I’m waiting to hop a cargo ship tomorrow that is headed for… Read the rest
In true Slacker form… we have been slacking… however, that depends on what you call slacking. YogaSlackers define slacking as playing so hard that you forget to do things like eat, sleep and take showers. In the last three months, we have been across the world and back… twice, taught… Read the rest
Have you ever seen a forest fire up close? We hadn’t until this past week. On Tuesday as we left Hill Island Lake, we could see smoke toward the south but we figured that it was a long ways away. On Wednesday, the plumes of smoke grew closer and closer… Read the rest
Our travels have been good since leaving the dam on the Taltson River. I will try to sum up the highlights of the past week. We decided to have a rest day at a beautiful campsite high up on a granite slope. Dave managed to catch three Lake Trout over… Read the rest
Stuart Wild, head guide of Wild Earth Llama Adventures, likes his llamas. Thirty-one llamas that Stuart rescued make up the staff of Wild Earth Adventures, accompanying tourists on summer treks and snowshoe clomps through the winter forest. According to Stuart, llamas are the “eco-friendly pack animal.” With their soft two-toed… Read the rest
Paddling up the Taltson River has gone well so far. The current is not very strong and the water level is low. We have witnessed a change in the landscape as we have traveled south. In the delta of the Taltson, the banks were lined with mud. The farther upriver… Read the rest
The fourth stage of the North American Odyssey has begun! Dave, Fennel and I got a ride up to Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories from my father. We gave a few presentations at the school in Fort Resolution and then hit the water.
The principal was nice enough to drop us… Read the rest
With great sadness, I bring news of the passing of my dear friend, hero and role model, Dr. Arent H. “Barry” Schuyler. The Voyage of Swell was as much his dream as mine when our fated paths crossed in July of 2003. He proposed the idea to collaborate on a… Read the rest
