Monthly Archives: July 2005

Proofs and Pioneer Day

proof sheet of business cards

Proof of my proof for my business cards.

The business cards should be here in about a week, coincidental to my last week of full-time wage work.

If I’m not careful, it could all become…

Chasm of chills – Nahanni National Park

Lafferty Creek swimming hole a tributary to the Nahanni River Northwest Territories, Canada

A dash through the first of three pools

Lafferty Creek meets the Nahanni in a broad and completely dry delta system. We hiked up the stream bed until we reached a narrow group of almost slot canyons…

Brightening by the moment -Nahanni National Park

Fog on the Nahanni River, Northwest Territories, Canada

Downriver from painted face mountain camp

We woke to a fog that slowly lifted as our party fished, breakfasted and readied for a hike up canyon to look at fossils in the rocks.

The fog and…

A really big river – Nahanni National Park

view of the Nahanni river above the Gate

Above the Gate of the Nahanni

If you can imagine the foreground right wall descending to river level, that’s where we camped our fourth night on the trip. It was Canada Day, July 1, so we celebrated…

Sluice Box above Virginia Falls, Nahanni River

Sluice Box of the Nahanni River Northwest Territories Canada

Sluice Box slo-mo

Above Virgina Falls, the Nahanni flows swiftly but without much whitewater until it widens out briefly, as if gathering forces for what’s ahead. Here is where the float planes touch down, and the gear…