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This is George...eating a burnt pork skewer..
This is George...eating a burnt pork skewer..
The body of water here is being swollowed by the dunes. The sand is slowing eating up all the trees and laks in sight. This tiny lake is black its so deep. Only a foot off shore is a complete drop-off. It is filled with walleye and pike!
so....my trip into the Richardson River Wildland Provincial Park was amazing! I hate quadding, and it showed within the first two minutes of my riding. I crashed! Then I got my wits together and rode the rest of the 120 km sand road just fine. It was a heck of a looooong trip. I was with my supervisor, Bart, and our secretary, Jan. we also met up with a Fish and Wildlife guy and another from foresty up at the cabin. I got to see the Athabasca sand sunes the next day. I've been to a lot of places, and seen a lot, but nothing like this. Thank God its an Ecological reserve. Absolutely STUNNING! White sand for miles and miles and miles. And not a sinlge soul up there. Its virtually UNTOUCHED. Just wolf foot prints. Anyways...I have to go to a staff party, but I'll post more pics later!