Wolf!

It is finally the March Break! I am so happy to have time to do the things I enjoy and am passionate about. To make things even better, the weather is a lot warmer!


 To start off my March Break, I decided to go riding with one of my riding instructors. (My best friend Sierra came along!) It was a lot of fun, although the horses were extra hairy, because they are shedding! What I thought was going to be a short ride turned out to last a little over two hours. It was such a beautiful day though! I was only wearing my sweater and jeans. (I haven't  been able to do that for a long time!) What I love about the area I live in is that it doesn't take long to be totally submerged in nature! As we got deeper and deeper into the woods, it almost seemed wrong to make a noise. We were far enough back, that we discovered evidence of a wolf pack. Wolves are pretty scarce nowadays, so this was a pretty exciting discovery!

On Sunday, I felt it was warm enough to start running again. I got on my running gear, got my dog, and off we went. It felt so good to run again! I decided to go somewhere I'd never run to before. It was a little dirt road hardly anyone lived down, so we went up it and explored. While we took a walking stretch, we came across this deer eating in a field. It didn't seem to notice us, so the dog and I stood there and watched it for awhile.


When I got home, my little sister was complaining that my brother took the kids phone to his friends place, so I offered to go bike and get it! It was a pretty long bike ride to his friend's ranch, but it was enjoyable, and I came across even more deer!

I love biking down this hill, but I hate biking up it!

On Monday I went to Sierra's


(I really don't enjoy living in town, so whenever I can get away I do!)


Sierra lives kind of everywhere, but at the moment she is staying with her dad in a town that is practically a ghost town. Not to far off is the bush though. When I got there, she told me she had seen a wolf take down a deer not too far from the house when she had been riding. We decided we should go take a look at it, and savage what we could. (hide, any good meat, bones,etc) When we got there however, we were met with a big surprise! The wolf had dragged his kill all the way down to the river bellow, and floated it down to another location where it couldn't be tracked  by other meat eaters.


(I am amazed at how intelligent these creatures are!)


Anyhow, we didn't bother tracking it further down the river, because the river and snow around it is rather dangerous with the melt off. We trugged home like defeated hunters, but it had been an enjoyable adventure!

Where the deer was taken down

 

The trail the wolf left by dragging the deer

The river where the trail ended

 

For the rest of the day Sierra and I chilled with her horses, kept the fire going, made food, watched a movie, and did art on her bed in the attic as we listened to the rain pound down. When her dad came home, we had pizza for supper and her little sister taught me how to make guacamole. Then we spent the next three hours preparing and processing the meat on their recently butchered cow. It was tiring work, but it felt great to be doing something new, work with others, and feel helpful!


Plus I got free scraps for the dog and a steak for me!

Sierra's Donkey!

Her pony Joe



Anyhow, this week is looking amazing for Maple Sugaring! The days are warm and the nights are cold, so I will probably be assisting Sierra's family with that!


Also I got the wildlife internship! I am so excited!!!!

A Nice Family Trip

Hey guys! Long time no post! I am honestly the worst blogger ever!!!! Anyhow, I'm going to try and take this up again and hope I can keep myself dedicated to it!


So, today I had this interview at SPCW (A Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Napanee!) I am not really sure what I want to do with my life right now, but I have narrowed it down to an active job, or one that involves working with animals. This wildlife center offered an internship at their facility, and so I applied, and I got an interview!!! Anyhow, it went really well, and it was so great to meet everyone there and see the animals. I have a good feeling that I might just get this internship!


However, because Napanee is pretty far away from us and a large portion of the family came along for the trip, we decided that we should make the most of the trip and go see Kingston! It was such a fun, and family bonding trip!