Overview: ARCTIC REFUGE: You will also see that we have devoted an entire page to the Gwich'in Indians, whose lives depend directly on the integrity of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Most of their 15 tiny villages are contiguous with the refuge or dependent on the refuge and that's true even of Gwich'in located in Canada. Several years back, we served as teachers in a number of the tribe's villages, and we will always have a soft spot in our hearts for these resourceful people. GREAT DEPTH: The bulk of our site, however, is devoted to the incredible richness provided by our Natural Lands, and our entries range from coast to coast and corner to corner. As well, we have other albums in our Gallery devoted to Montana and to Glacier National Park, logical, as Montana is our home state. Our Weblog is devoted to the joys derived by virtue of the travels required to reach these destinations, and for us, there is of necessity much RV Travel involved. This mode of travel is something we have come to thoroughly enjoy and that we now write about often. In fact, our trailer is home almost six months a year, providing a base whether we are kayaking, fishing, backpacking or off setting up our tripods. Many of the pictures posted in our albums and in our blogs have also been published in our books. Others have been published by periodicals making used of materials in the natural history and travel genre... |