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2010-06-19

The KWAG opening. Thanks to everyone for their help.

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Installing at KWAG

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Finishing the work in the studio for Kitchener/Waterloo exhibition

2010-01-23

Last Day - Part B

We managed to get out to Lake Erie just as the sun was going down, it was a perfect calm. Lovely to be met by our rescue team of Monica and Lewis with beer and chocolate.

Thanks for everything Gordon. Now I just have to make the art!

Great weather for our last day. We started seeing alot more motor boats at the bottom end. There are the most amazing marshes right at the bottom of the river where all the plants are really big. There are lots of side channels that feel like you could get lost in and no one would find you. Found another channel that seemed to be where old boats go to die.

2010-01-15

Day Six

In the morning looked at Pauline Johnston’s house that was on the campground. She was a poet that travelled and performed around Europe and daughter of a chief of the Six Nations. I paddled in the stern for the first time, felt excellent. The plant life along the river started getting really big. There were alot of noises coming from the water where we camped. Ever seen the movie The Host? I kept imagining that monster jumping out of the water and dragging me and the tent into the river.

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Day Five

After a week off we were back on the river for part two. There were no portages on this leg and while it started out cool it became a glorious late summer afternoon. We pulled over in a tobacco field and took our time wandering amongst the gargantuan leather leaves. Back on the river the purple flag of Six Nations started showing up on the shore. We pulled over at Chiefwood campground and camped right by the shore, simple and quiet.

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Day Four

Could see pieces of debris in the water from the storm the day before. Lots of little fish jumping out of the water and skipping several times before going back down. They seemed to be escaping larger fish. Started seeing more trailers along the way and fisherman in the river. We pulled out in the Brant Conservation area which had really great open tall grasses and milkweed plants. Monica came to pick us up and said we were both acting like old ladies in the car, telling her to slow down. It seemed only going 5 miles an hour for four days had an affect on our sense of speed.

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Day Three

I was very glad to get away from Bingamans and tried not to think about standing in the stinky water when I was shooting video. Started seeing lots of Blue Herons that seemed to follow us down the river. It started to rain as we entered Cambridge…..and then it really started to rain. The air was an incredible yellow colour and the water level on the river started rising suddenly. Luckily Gordon’s mom lived in the area and came to our rescue.