Revision as of 22:04, 18 January 2025

Peter van Coeverden de Groot, one of BearWatch's co-PI's, had arrived to come help organize the final workshops with me. To make sure that the Elder-youth cabin would meet the requirements of organizing a pre-workshop meeting for multiple people, we hired George Konana to bring us there. Neither Peter nor I had been there before, so we weren't sure where, or in which state the cabin was.

George, taking advantage of this situation, told us he didn't quite understand why we would want to organize a workshop in "that old cabin". He, nevertheless, eventually brought us there by skidoo.

Arriving at the cabin, it turns out to not even have a roof, and being covered under snow. With only a couple of days left before the pre-workshop is scheduled to take place, this is a big set-back. You don't have an alternative, and fixing up the cabin over the next two days seems impossible with all the other things that need to happen. What to do?

Preparing Cabin

As it turns out, George played a prank on us.

Not only is the youth-elder cabin in great shape, it also lies next to a road- which means we can bring people there with our truck. It isn't even locked!

It needs more comfortable seats though, firewood, a toilet, and some cleaning out. But this is nothing that can not be done with some helping hands and an early start.

At 6 am I load up the truck and pick up Percy, Dustin, Gibson and Peter to drive up to the Cabin. A fresh, thick layer of snow has fallen last night, so the road needs to broken in at different places. Here and there I crash through snowbanks almost a meter high, and it sprays in the air next to the truck as I keep moving. It's dark, the sun hasn't come up yet, and I have never driven off-road before. I am having fun though. Dropping the men off at the cabin I return to town to pick up the next people, while they clear the snow out of the cabin, chop wood to get the heating started, boil water, and set up the toilet. It takes me two more drives to get everyone to the cabin, and by then it is warm and cozy. We can get "started" around 11.

Program, procedures and prayers

Cooking and Sharing Food

Landmark: "Making Space"

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+<div class="next_choice">Arriving at the cabin, it turns out to not even have a roof, and being covered under snow. With only a couple of days left before the pre-workshop is scheduled to take place, this is a big set-back. You don't have an alternative, and fixing up the cabin over the next two days seems impossible with all the other things that need to happen.
+What to do?</div>
+=Preparing Cabin=
+As it turns out, George played a prank on us.
+Not only is the youth-elder cabin in great shape, it also lies next to a road- which means we can bring people there with our truck.
+It isn't even locked!
-=Preparing Cabin=
+It needs more comfortable seats though, firewood, a toilet, and some cleaning out. But this is nothing that can not be done with some helping hands and an early start.
 [[File:DSC01143.jpg|thumb]]
 [[File:20221117 130448.jpg|thumb]]
-=Prayer=
+<div class="next_choice">At 6 am I load up the truck and pick up Percy, Dustin, Gibson and Peter to drive up to the Cabin. A fresh, thick layer of snow has fallen last night, so the road needs to broken in at different places. Here and there I crash through snowbanks almost a meter high, and it sprays in the air next to the truck as I keep moving. It's dark, the sun hasn't come up yet, and I have never driven off-road before. I am having fun though. Dropping the men off at the cabin I return to town to pick up the next people, while they clear the snow out of the cabin, chop wood to get the heating started, boil water, and set up the toilet. It takes me two more drives to get everyone to the cabin, and by then it is warm and cozy.
+We can get "started" around 11.</div>
+=Program, procedures and prayers=
 =Cooking and Sharing Food=