Kathy Forer on thu 23 aug 12
On Aug 18, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Claudia MacPhee =
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wrote:
> Sorry to burst your bubble Tony.....but you are NOT in the bush. Go =3D
west young man and see the real NWT. Even driving on the Mackenzie =3D
highway out to Fort Simpson. Then take a side trip to Jean Marie River =3D
and see bush! Or do the whole Liard highway loop. Hey, keep on going and =
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come and visit us in the Yukon.
The New York Times has an article today on the Snake River in the Yukon:
Far, Maybe Too Far, Into the Yukon By ALEX HUTCHINSON
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http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/travel/far-maybe-too-far-into-the-yuk=
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on.html
...
The Snake is one of three majestic paddling rivers,
along with the Wind and Bonnet Plume, whose waters flow
north into the Peel River en route to the Arctic Ocean.
The Peel watershed is famous for what=3D92s not there: no
roads, no development, no human settlement, in an area
larger than West Virginia. In the Lower 48 states, the
farthest you can get from a road is 22 miles, in a
corner of Yellowstone; here, we were over 100 miles from
even the rudest cart track.
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Kathy Forer
...remembering Mount Lafayette and canoe/portage trips into the wilds of =
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Maine
J Lee on fri 24 aug 12
Thanks, Kathy, for the article on The Snake.=3DC2=3DA0 Back in our Infancy =
of O=3D
ld Age=3D0Awe spent as many "times-off" as we could on the Snake River in t=
he=3D
=3D0AYukon.=3DC2=3DA0 We were living on Whidbey Island, Washington, then ..=
. most=3D
ly=3D0Abecause of its proximity to Canada and Alaska... that, and well-payi=
ng=3D
=3D0Aemployment which permitted us to spend time doing so.=3DC2=3DA0 In tho=
se day=3D
s, Before=3D0APottery (just Before, sort of an overlap there) our day jobs =
we=3D
re on Whidbey=3D0Aand our Real Lives were the Yukon and north.=3DC2=3DA0=3D=
0A=3DC2=3DA0=3D
=3D0A=3DC2=3DA0White Horse was our=3D0Acivilization.=3DC2=3DA0 Started with=
an engine r=3D
epair which required a stay of two=3D0Aweeks in W.H.=3DC2=3DA0 Changed our =
lives.=3D
And led directly (in a round-about-way)=3D0Ato clay and Robin Hopper's mag=
ni=3D
ficent summer school on Vancouver Island.=3D0ACan you imagine? Yes, I'm sur=
e =3D
you can.=3DC2=3DA0 ALL those potters, working through=3D0Athe night with Ra=
ndy Br=3D
oadnax learning about raku firing; having Robin, The=3D0AMan, himself, vaci=
ll=3D
ate between charming host, to sharing one-on-one his=3D0Aexperience and str=
ai=3D
ght-forward criticism.=3DC2=3DA0 Since I knew NOTHING about=3D0Apottery exc=
ept th=3D
at I always felt as if I'd had a shot of adrenaline when=3D0Aaround it (as =
a =3D
paying customer), Robin's school, Robin himself, his loving,=3D0Atalented w=
if=3D
e, and the dedication of the professional potters who were also=3D0Ataking =
th=3D
is two-week class looking to perk up their tried-and-true glazes....=3D0Amy=
s=3D
ense of=3DC2=3DA0 identification .... Coming Home.... added majestically to=
my=3D
=3D0Alist of gratitudes forever after. (I'd had other such moments in my li=
fe=3D
.......=3D0Astepping over the threshold of My Own classroom for the first t=
ho=3D
usand=3D0Atimes.... first full day as a high-school assistant principal wit=
h =3D
a List of=3D0ATo Do's awaiting=3DC2=3DA0my assistance that were Get To Do's=
from =3D
my perspective....=3D0A=3DC2=3DA0meeting #1 on a blind date when I was 16 a=
nd let=3D
ting him think I was 18...=3D0Ayes, I could identify from Day One that Clay=
w=3D
as going to be Big in my Life...)=3D0A=3DC2=3DA0=3D0ASo..... thank you for =
the memo=3D
ries.=3D0A=3DC2=3DA0=3D0AJoyce=3D0AIn the Mojave desert of California where=
Jack and =3D
Mojo are ecstatic that I=3D0Ahave workmen here all week building a new gara=
ge=3D
, so I can return full-=3D0Atime to the garagio where my car is now being h=
ou=3D
sed, quaking in dread=3D0Athat those mean ol' bunny rabbits will find it an=
d =3D
dine once more=3D0Aon its wiry innards...........=3D0A=3DC2=3DA0=3D0A =3D0A=
=3D0A_________=3D
_______________________=3D0A From: Kathy Forer =3D0ATo: Cla=
yart=3D
@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG =3D0ASent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:31 PM=3D0ASubject:=
Re:=3D
I'm in the bush=3DE2=3D80=3D8F=3D0A =3D0AOn Aug 18, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Cl=
audia MacP=3D
hee wrote:=3D0A=3D0A> Sorry to burst your bubble=
Ton=3D
y.....but you are NOT in the bush. Go west young man and see the real NWT. =
=3D
Even driving on the Mackenzie highway out to Fort Simpson. Then take a side=
=3D
trip to Jean Marie River and see bush! Or do the whole Liard highway loop.=
=3D
Hey, keep on going and come and visit us in the Yukon.=3D0A=3D0AThe New Yo=
rk T=3D
imes has an article today on the Snake River in the Yukon:=3D0A=3D0AFar, Ma=
ybe =3D
Too Far, Into the Yukon By ALEX HUTCHINSON=3D0Ahttp://travel.nytimes.com/20=
12=3D
/08/26/travel/far-maybe-too-far-into-the-yukon.html=3D0A=3D0A...=3D0A=3DC2=
=3DA0 =3DC2=3D
=3DA0 The Snake is one of three majestic paddling rivers,=3D0A=3DC2=3DA0 =
=3DC2=3DA0 alo=3D
ng with the Wind and Bonnet Plume, whose waters flow=3D0A=3DC2=3DA0 =3DC2=
=3DA0 north =3D
into the Peel River en route to the Arctic Ocean.=3D0A=3DC2=3DA0 =3DC2=3DA0=
The Peel =3D
watershed is famous for what=3DE2=3D80=3D99s not there: no=3D0A=3DC2=3DA0 =
=3DC2=3DA0 roads,=3D
no development, no human settlement, in an area=3D0A=3DC2=3DA0 =3DC2=3DA0 =
larger tha=3D
n West Virginia. In the Lower 48 states, the=3D0A=3DC2=3DA0 =3DC2=3DA0 fart=
hest you c=3D
an get from a road is 22 miles, in a=3D0A=3DC2=3DA0 =3DC2=3DA0 corner of Ye=
llowstone;=3D
here, we were over 100 miles from=3D0A=3DC2=3DA0 =3DC2=3DA0 even the rudes=
t cart tra=3D
ck.=3D0A=3DE2=3D80=3DA6=3D0A=3D0A=3D0AKathy Forer=3D0A...remembering Mount =
Lafayette and ca=3D
noe/portage trips into the wilds of Maine
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