The Call

In the words of Marianne Williamson: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Monday, January 20, 2020

Back To Klamath Wildlife Area

We had a really good time at state parks but we were very happy to return to the remoteness of KWA. We returned to KWA in March of 2019 for another six months where we were able to add our own vegetable garden to the forage plant plot. We helped "round up" Canadian geese at a golf course and helped band 225 birds and other fun projects; trash patrol of the entire area, growing sunflowers for the birds, a little tractor work and eradication of "salt cedar", etc. We love the feel of wide open spaces. Never have imagined living in the high desert. Who knew?


 Klamath Wildlife Area 2019
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Friday, January 17, 2020

Our First Gig As Camp Hosts

Larry - Since the winters in the Klamath basin are pretty brutal, we needed a winter haven. Next stop,  volunteering with Oregon State Parks at Alfred Loeb State Park, 8 miles east of Brookings, Oregon. We were camp hosts for the months of October and November, 2018. It is a beautiful park on the banks of the Chetco River. A special place to be in the fall of the year. Another great benefit is making life long friends with the hosts that you work with. Joe and Diane made this a very fun easy assignment - team work! Below is a short photo album of our time there.

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Charlotte - Our next stop was Harris Beach State Park for the months of December, 2018 and January, February 2019. This time we were going to be yurt cleaners and relief for the camp hosts. We had a great view and front row participation in the wind storms that blow in from the Pacific here. Trees did fall in these windstorms as you will see in the photos. Yurt cleaning had it's good days and not so good days. Really? how can folks do this to a yurt. We think it all goes back to how they grew up in their homes. Some yurts left as neat as a pen and others a total mess. Thank goodness no bedding or dishes are provided.

A few photos from our time at Harris Beach State Park
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Saturday, January 11, 2020

Hello Klamath Wildlife Area

1000's of  Ross's Geese
Larry - We had no idea of what we had signed up for and so were pleasantly surprised at how perfect the fit was for us. SOMEONE must have been looking out for us since we didn't even apply for this wildlife area. We maintained a native forage plant plot, picked up trash on 2700 acres of wetlands that provides habitat for migrating waterfowl, placed swallow houses in trees and on poles, made and erected trail signs, helped with banding doves, tended a brand new fruit orchard and generally helped the biologists with their projects.

Our little piece of paradise
Storm clouds brewing
Charlotte - Never imagined that we would love the high desert is so much. Fell in love with the wide open spaces. Boy, did we luck out. We worked with a great group of people and loved the tasks they gave us to do. We had amazing camp spot all to ourselves, which means a lot to us because we value our privacy. About the only noise was the distant train whistle, which I love because of growing up listening to trains in my childhood, some traffic on the road and lots of bird noise; sand hill cranes, geese, ducks and robins in the morning and evening.

Klamath Wildlife Area 2018
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Friday, January 10, 2020

Catch Up

Larry - Over the past 30 some odd years we have consistently made choices that seemed to always place us on the edge so to speak - leaping with faith that the net would appear. Our next "port of call" from Valley of the Rogue state park was the Klamath Wildlife Area (KWA) just south of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Little did we know that we would fall in love with the Klamath basin and the lifestyle of volunteerism. We had no idea of what we had signed up for.

Charlotte - Seems like we haven't visited our blog in awhile so it is catch up time. After leaving the RV Park in Brookings we headed over the mountain to our first volunteer assignment in the Klamath Basin - a place we had never been before. Stopping for a few days at Valley of the Rogue State Park so we could do a few upgrades on our travel trailer and have a "camping experience". It was a little scary going to a place we had never been before to take on an assignment working for people we didn't know.


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