We are all going
on an Expedition, said Christopher Robin, as he got up and brushed
himself.
Going on an Edpodition?
said Pooh eagerly. I
dont think Ive ever been on one of those.
Expedition, silly
old Bear. Its got
an x in it.
Expedition means:
A long line of everybody.
on A sort of boat I think, said Pooh.
Yes. And were
going to discover
something.
A.A. Milne
The
adventure begins in mid-January, 2004 when I notice an advertisement in
Canadian
Geographic
Magazine:
an environmental discovery cruise from Alaska to Vancouver, a small
ship carrying 102 passengers, on-board resource people to include local
First Nations people, research scientists, folksinger Ian
Tamblyn and Dr. David Suzuki.
I contact my friend, Carol
to see if she is interested.
We
book our passage and soon, Information, including a two-page recommended
reading list, begins arriving in the mail.
I order books from the library and start reading about West Coast
Natives, their art and culture. I
purchase and pore over handbooks of wildflowers, plants, whales and shore
life of the