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Proofs and Pioneer Day

July 24, 2005 · By Ann ·

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 work, and that wouldn’t be fun at all.

One thing I find terribly fun is a fireworks display. For reasons I still haven’t completely acclimated to, in Utah the fireworks are usually much better for Pioneer (Pie and beer?) Day than the 4th of July. And seeing as how Pioneer Day is today, a Sunday, some fireworks were yesterday and some will be tomorrow, a state holiday. Last night we walked to a school parking lot near the U’s stadium to watch the fireworks that followed the pro soccer match. We stood at the back of the lot, next to an empty, weedy field where we had a clean line of sight, beside a school bus that blocked some of the school’s security lighting. While we waited, a 4 or 5 point mule deer stepped into the light, followed by a doe and another buck. They didn’t freak out at the fireworks, just moved off into the dark. Wildlife in our neighborhood isn’t that strange – we had a doe and fawn on our street a couple days ago. And rabbits twice this season. But more frequent this summer than ever before, I don’t remember anything quite this bold.

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Chasm of chills – Nahanni National Park

July 21, 2005 · By Ann ·

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 with water so deep in places we couldn’t touch bottom. My camera didn’t go any further, but I did, to a pool with a natural slide and another where you could jump in from above and make a big splash. We started the hike before lunch and we were hot when we got to the “Chasm of Chills” but we weren’t hot walking back to camp in the heat of the day.

That afternoon, when we had some downtime, R and I sought shade up the streambed, a place to be still and quiet. I looked down and then up and saw a wolf. It saw us, contemplated and then loped off, not afraid but not all that interested in us either.

Filed Under: Trip reports Tagged With: Canada, Nahanni

Brightening by the moment -Nahanni National Park

July 20, 2005 · By Ann ·

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 the angle of the sun combined to create a hundred moods in about 10 minutes. I’m sure I amused the river guides washing up the breakfast dishes as I ran across the cobbles with all my gear to get the next shot.

Filed Under: Trip reports Tagged With: Canada, Nahanni

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