This week is no big change, I garden, I am helping to weed and the lodge
... I think I understood what make my hosts to survive outside the lodge of course: they sell timber. Indeed, like many Canadians, they have a forest estate, 750 acres, which they sell bit by bit. But they try to do a reasonable (not as sure, go for a ride in Abitibi!) According to tree age and location. And anyway the market beats a little of the wing because of the economic crisis in the U.S. (well it's not really the time to build a house there!).
(Loren was cleaning his drill)
This allows me to bounce back (hehe) on a recurring topic enough in Canada, and particularly in Quebec: Forestry. Why I urge you to the movie "Forest Alert". It is a documentary by Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie dating from 1999. He denounced the clearcuts made by large logging operations in northern Quebec. At its release, the film has caused a veritable earthquake in the population ... the government itself, to calm the crowds, commission a survey to verify the validity of the documentary! And during that time, logging companies continue the massacre ...
For history, gouvrenement Quebec began to grant permission to cut the English (ie U.S. Americans) at the beginning 19th century. These companies hired him speaking farmers who could not survive with their poor harvests (Holds it's a song that cowboys!). The industrialization of the 20th has mainly relied on logging. In the 50s right up to the 70's, Quebec was the largest producer of paper ... well wishes! That's when a few have sounded the alarm, but in vain of course because it was so right in the golden age of consumerism ... (and it was not finished) and nobody had that spunk! Then comes the documentary in question ... ... who
denounced not only the quantity of timber cut but also how to do it. In fact, clearcutting is the way less costly to the logging companies and we understand why these machines seeing the devil who shave everything in their path.
The other problem is that takes about 25 years to reach the forest to regenerate. Since the 90s, the Government of Quebec requires manufacturers to replant trees (it is the "planting" which attracts many students from Quebec during the holidays because paying very little creepy but since found to be planting trees in infested areas of black bears and grizzlies, brrrr) that there is no real checks! So they do not necessarily good. In addition, trees planted are all the same species and the first disease, bingo, they're all dead!
The Friday, head for the supermarket (for once) and then I fall on that! Seb and Christine, my buddies from Montreal ... ben Ha small world sometimes! They invite me to share illico two-day visit in Yoho National Park ... and it is great precisely because it is the weekend and on weekends when not working woofer is ... class!
details settled, we returned to the farm where we expect a new woofeuse: Rebecca, age 19, living in the Montreal area English but (yes it is an anglophone from Nova Scotia!) ... the English are clustered in the eastern district of Montreal for those who are interested! The latter has just completed its first year of CEGEP and decided to do a little woofing marathon across Canada, and jumps from ranch to ranch every week!
Yoho National Park.
Saturday morning, went to the park.
Yoho National Park is one of 41 parks of Canada (Must have a good credit card for every visit). Must register at the park entrance (even if nobody controls anything) ... the rate for one day is $ 9 / CAD or otherwise you can buy a pass valid for one year for $ 140 / CAD per vehicle for all parks. First stop
or "attractions", falling Wapta accessible after a walk of 30 minutes. I realize that my two friends were pretty well documented on the local fauna and especially on the bear. Here are some tips (not we laugh with the Bears, Tabarnouche) if you are experiencing has one of them ... all these tips are also regularly repeated across the panels.
(falls Wapta)
that coping with a bear?
foremost, we must pay attention to places where there are berries for the bears rafolent. It also means to recognize the bear poop: Berries are full of it ... if for example it is very fresh, fly!
Many brochures are distributed everywhere, and all full of panels (good story to scare you). Here are precautions to take if you see a bear (I doubt it will serve you may be in pyréenees, however, if the few survivors are still alive). You should know that a bear is not too bad a few exceptions: if you catch him, if a mother who protects her cubs (Hou Bin is not very expensive I bet your skin), if he feels the food, if it has become accustomed to human presence (in these cases, the rangers do not go around the bush, it's a direct shot in the head). On
brochures, which are more like video game manuals, so you can read the following recommendations:
Parks Canada recommends carrying a bear spray at all times. The best way to live safely in bear country is still to avoid contact with them . (Easy to say)
To avoid the bear, we must scream (which is very good indeed Seb every 100m) or speak loudly, or sing, in short making noise. Some people recommend wearing small grelos self ... but it is completely unnecessary because the bears can not hear them ... so apart from being ridiculous, or pass for goats!
Always travel in groups.
If you are alone and bin type the inlays in another group, this can be fun (unless you fall on you Americans tell their life).
However, if you're unlucky enough to cross one, it is strongly recommended to:
1 - Stay calm, there is nothing alarming yet.
2 - Take your bear spray (Which leads that you purchased before).
3 - Talk to the bear, it is your friend.
4 - Stay away slowly backwards but especially do not run away because it appears that there is a bear ca as fast as a horse (Jove) and do not climb a tree especially because he must climb better than you ...
If despite all this the bear jumps, you have several options:
1 - Use your bear spray, dammit (paying attention to the wind direction anyway, it would cunt losing an eye in this situation)
Or 2 - PLAY DEAD! (Knowing that most of the time this technique does not work just because the bear once you eat the toes to see if you're edible!). Besides, it is recommended to find another parade after two minutes, and if he do not already torn a leg, because at that moment the bear no longer seeks to defend itself but looking for a good steak ... and that's another story!
At this time no possible doubt, the bear is looking for noises, then we need to attack
Spray Bear pepper spray if you have not yet done bigre.
and defend yourself with whatever you have on hand! Backpack, shoes, gas bomb that did not work (at least it will have served to something)! Because then the bear will eat you!
In conclusion, always wear a small pepper spray on you, Braille throughout the walk and especially do not Get out like a hare otherwise end up in stew.
After these little details very instructive here we ready for the next step: Emerald Lake, which is one of the most beautiful of the region after Lake Louise ... as tourist guides. Although it appears that there there are more tourists into Lake Louise.
Arrive at lake, I'm speechless. The water color is impressive. It must also be said that has really lucky because there is no shadow of a cloud filled with rain in the sky. But also what gives the color turquoise use water? Seb replied "Well it The minerals present in water that reflect certain color of light. "Ha good?
Small walk of 5.2 km around the lake (it will! it's flat!) then towards the campsite.
Campsites in national parks operate more or less the same way. There is no host, each must find a free slot and put the money into a box provided for that effect on entry. There is rarely shower, and comfort is limited to pit toilets and two sinks see ... in any event it is advisable to stink as much as possible the Bears The location costing $ 17.5 / CAN (that's the precision).
After a nice little evening a little watered and a good headache, we are left for Iceline 20 km (I'm already starting to sweat).
Flying from the ascent, met with Julian, 18, who fucks hikes alone in the mountains with her big backpack of 20kg, her pepper spray and two joysticks, which serve to stick ... he hastens to join us ... for fear of bears and American!
And it left for the climb! The scenery is magnificent, these are pictures for you to salivate ...
(Inukshuk is a stone storage piles made by the Inuit, can still be found en masse in the mountains ... although some will be built by walkers!)
(Young and her bag, Seb and Christine)
The only one who looks a little frustrated that Seb who can not test his vocal cords for fear of passing for an idiot ... but before he 's now secure enough that we were armed in case of bear attacks here because it is more the cute black bear grizzly but two joystick to put out the eyes of the bear, two bombs pepper for gassing and if that's not enough: the backpack's young! Phew!
Going down a little trip to the falls in front of Takakkaw Iceline.
Back to the farm in the evening. After consulting the website of the Park, it turns out that the mammal found in mass in the park is the mountain goat ...
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