Parks Day

Mike and I both worked on Saturday for Parks Day. It's a day celebrated by Parks Canada and other agencies every year in July. There are activities at parks and historic sites across Canada, and this year the Whitehorse office of Parks (Canada) decided to host a family event at the S.S. Klondike.

They invited the Wildlife Preserve to participate, along with Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, the local Conservation Society, the Yukon Department of Environment and others. There was great entertainment, a walk, a run, and cake. Like many others, we had colouring pages for kids and brochures - but we also had antlers, horns and furs! There was also sun gazing in honour of this being the Year of Astronomy.

After a bit of a rough start setting up, it turned out to be a good day. The people that visited Juan and I were pretty interested in the Preserve. The highlight, without a doubt, was Mike dressed as Boomer the Parks Canada Beaver. He was AWESOME!! He had a lot of fun and the kids loved him. I still cannot believe he didn't talk for that many hours!!