It has been a long time since my last post because I have been implementing a new winter survival plan while my Canadian cabin is being renovated and winterized. In order to continue editing my little Internet doc series on Roots Television , while living in my old RV the Empress, I am working as a volunteer lab assistant and artifact photographer for the Southeast Archeological Center in Florida in return for an RV spot in the fores
t. I also put in hours assisting the park in clean up which amounts to about 30 hours a week. There is no Internet here so I got a Blackberry Bold which is so powerful I am streaming video in the forest where most cannot even get a cell phone signal. But I cannot blog from there on the BB as AT&T have not agreed to the google bot apps or something like that. So I have to wait until I can get online somewhere to upload a blog. I have now started a new wordpress blog that I believe I can post from the BB.
Because there are so many US states with warm winter climates they are a huge magnet for Canadian and US snowbirds alike. For those of us who are not currently prosperous but still desirous to escape the seemingly unending snow shovelling, there are many volunteer opportunities in some of the most beautiful places in the US. State Parks and National Forests post volunteer exchange positions, that are also open for international volunteers on their websites. I awake and go to sleep with the owls... see deer silhouetted in the morning mist at the lake and had a bobcat dash across the road not 10 feet in front of my golf cart at dusk. From hosting a park RV site to assisting at a heritage monument or an historic civil war fort spending the winter in a beautiful warm location in the U.S. can be an affordable, rewarding and exciting option. You can apply online to multiple destinations but do it long in advance of your journey as it takes awhile for them to respond, but they do.
In my opinion it doesn't matter what boundaries are placed before us...for me to give back to the forest, no matter what the exchange is for me or what country it is in, is an honor and a privilege for this old Toronto gal. I have also learned from my Elder that every tree is in communication with every other tree in the world so this tree hugger shows appreciation every chance I get...after all without trees we would not even exist.
t. I also put in hours assisting the park in clean up which amounts to about 30 hours a week. There is no Internet here so I got a Blackberry Bold which is so powerful I am streaming video in the forest where most cannot even get a cell phone signal. But I cannot blog from there on the BB as AT&T have not agreed to the google bot apps or something like that. So I have to wait until I can get online somewhere to upload a blog. I have now started a new wordpress blog that I believe I can post from the BB.Because there are so many US states with warm winter climates they are a huge magnet for Canadian and US snowbirds alike. For those of us who are not currently prosperous but still desirous to escape the seemingly unending snow shovelling, there are many volunteer opportunities in some of the most beautiful places in the US. State Parks and National Forests post volunteer exchange positions, that are also open for international volunteers on their websites. I awake and go to sleep with the owls... see deer silhouetted in the morning mist at the lake and had a bobcat dash across the road not 10 feet in front of my golf cart at dusk. From hosting a park RV site to assisting at a heritage monument or an historic civil war fort spending the winter in a beautiful warm location in the U.S. can be an affordable, rewarding and exciting option. You can apply online to multiple destinations but do it long in advance of your journey as it takes awhile for them to respond, but they do.
In my opinion it doesn't matter what boundaries are placed before us...for me to give back to the forest, no matter what the exchange is for me or what country it is in, is an honor and a privilege for this old Toronto gal. I have also learned from my Elder that every tree is in communication with every other tree in the world so this tree hugger shows appreciation every chance I get...after all without trees we would not even exist.
