Felix and Laura, from München, (Munich) Germany were travelling in between their veterinary practicum in Ontario and returning to Germany to complete their final exams. They were scheduled to arrive a week earlier than they did, but I stalled them because the annoying mosquitos made outdoor work very difficult. They arrived almost a week later (July 22) and the mosquitos were still crazy. Despite this they were real troopers and help out a lot. Felix took care of the noxious weeds around the place and laid more stones on the path in the garden. Laura cleaned the barn and helped in the kitchen. Both prepared the groomer for painting, and braved mosquitos to pick raspberries and peas and weed the garden. Together with Caro and Loren, they cleared trees from the sides of the driveway.
Felix and Laura, from München, (Munich) Germany were travelling in between their veterinary practicum in Ontario and returning to Germany to complete their final exams. They were scheduled to arrive a week earlier than they did, but I stalled them because the annoying mosquitos made outdoor work very difficult. They arrived almost a week later (July 22) and the mosquitos were still crazy. Despite this they were real troopers and help out a lot. Felix took care of the noxious weeds around the place and laid more stones on the path in the garden. Laura cleaned the barn and helped in the kitchen. Both prepared the groomer for painting, and braved mosquitos to pick raspberries and peas and weed the garden. Together with Caro and Loren, they cleared trees from the sides of the driveway.
Felix and Laura were avid hikers and were taking advantage
of their location to hike a many National Park trails as possible. They had
already hiked several trails in Banff and Yoho, including the Iceline Trail. On
their days off they hiked in Glacier Park, including Balu Pass as they
travelled to Revelstoke. After leaving Golden they were headed towards
Clearwater and Wells Gray Park.
Our best memory of Felix and Laura is one that makes us laugh. One evening on route to the Wwoofer House, they heard a commotion in the chicken coup. ‘Something was after the mother hen and her 5 chicks!' The predator had got one of the chick and was after another, but once Felix and Laura arrived it sauntered off under the coup. After rounding up the chicks, Felix and Laura returned to the house to explain what had happen. Felix not knowing what could have transpired, said, ‘it didn’t seem too frightened of us, and it was black with a white stripe down its back.’ Now studying veterinarian medicine, they had obviously heard of skunks, but not until I said ‘you are very lucky, had that skunk been threatened, you wouldn’t have been allowed in any house until you’d been bathed in a special solution.’
Our best memory of Felix and Laura is one that makes us laugh. One evening on route to the Wwoofer House, they heard a commotion in the chicken coup. ‘Something was after the mother hen and her 5 chicks!' The predator had got one of the chick and was after another, but once Felix and Laura arrived it sauntered off under the coup. After rounding up the chicks, Felix and Laura returned to the house to explain what had happen. Felix not knowing what could have transpired, said, ‘it didn’t seem too frightened of us, and it was black with a white stripe down its back.’ Now studying veterinarian medicine, they had obviously heard of skunks, but not until I said ‘you are very lucky, had that skunk been threatened, you wouldn’t have been allowed in any house until you’d been bathed in a special solution.’
Needless to say the chicken coup has since been fortified,
and we still have 4 chicks. The skunk
has been back as we smelled it in the neighbourhood, but he hasn’t been able to
dig into the coup.
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