Anne arrived around July 15th, 2009. She had previous sent me an email that ‘I’m not afraid of work’ and of course this was true. But what is so nice about Anne,is that she never takes things too seriously. Anne was thrown right into work here, as the strawberries were in full production and winter syrup needed to be done. Anne helped with haying, the endless rock raking, turning over the lodge after a group left, sanding the cabin walls, weeding in the garden, grooming the horses, cleaning the barn and the annual burr round up.
Anne attended her first wedding shower here in Canada, picked a half-gallon of huckleberries in the Rocky Mtns, picked Saskatoons along our drive and canoed at Susan Lake where she saw a moose calf. But I am sure the best of all, was when our friend Paul took Anne for a helicopter ride to his lodge in the Purcell Mtns. Paul was doing a maintenance check and delivery to the lodge, and thought Anne might enjoy the trip. He picked here up right here in the horse pasture. It was quite the afternoon for her, and she even was treated to lunch at Purcell Lodge. August 4th, Anne packed to the brim, caught a ride to Edmonton with our neighbour, and now we have already received emails from her new wwoofing location. She will be a welcome spark to any farm where she Wwoofs. Anne plans to return here this fall.
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