Corporate Headquarter SmartWood Canada ;) ...for 1 day
(then we all went back our home offices)
lunchbreak
Christine, me, Sarah and Alex

September 30 - October 4

4520 km across Canada

saying Goodbye to Clearwater...

Es muss das Herz bei jedem Lebensrufe
Bereit zum Abschied sein und Neubeginne,
Um sich in Tapferkeit und ohne Trauern
In andre, neue Bindungen zu geben.
Und jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne,
Der uns beschuetzt und der uns hilft, zu leben.

The heart must be, at each new call for leaving,
prepared to part and start without the tragic,
without the grief - with courage to endeavor
a novel bond, a disparate connection:
for each beginning bears a special magic
that nurtures living and bestows protection.
(Hesse)

Or - in the words of an unknown
contemporary truck-art-poet in Edmonton, Alberta:

Bye-bye mountains...


A lot of "largest" somethings across the country.
Here, Heather lifting the world largest Easter egg in Vegreville.
Go figure.


Pretty cool - the Prairies...



Amazing scenery around the great lakes... (Lake Superior)


We did NOT get into scrapping...


...nor did we find Jesus.


We did find Ottawa, six days later...


and crossed another provincial border into Quebec and to my new home in Chelsea on the Gatineau River...

September 14-19, 2009
AGM of Rainforest Allicance's SmartWood Canada team
.. and my first days of work ..


my new boss and sort of my new neighbor - Alexandre


beautiful location - the Ottawa River.
We stayed at River Runners all week, had the whole resort to ourselves.

However, morning temperatures turned the meeting into a bit of "Geeks'R'Us"
- try to type on your laptop with mitts on :)


The whole team including auditors (who joined us for the last couple of days)
- a really good crowd!

September 27, 2009
last trip into wells gray park...
so long and thanks for all the fish....

oh, those BC tree huggers :)

September 26, 2009
Farewell Party @ Ken & Margot's house
Aarti cooked east indian food for us - mind-boggingly good!!

Out east...
Ottawa, September 19 after a week of meetings out on the Ottawa River

I found myself a perfect place, only 15 minutes from downtown O.
It's out in the woods. Gatineau Park is within walking distance!
The neighbors call it the "Haensel & Gretel house". Dont' call me Gretel!


A private dock on the Gatineau River to use...
just 5 minutes walk down the hill.

Ottawa, September 2009
Photos are coming soon!
(how's that, Raymond?!)

Ottawa, August 2009
Photos got lost ... mh.