Reptiles at Risk

Eastern Canada Tour wrap-up...

Posted by Jeff Hathaway on August 30, 2007 at 8:53 AM

Well, we made it safely back home, where things have been extremely hectic! I still hope to get some details of the last part of our journey up on the site, as we did get to do some interesting things. At least nothing else broke!

A quick summary of our trip- 37 days on the road (July 13- Aug. 18), 9061 km over 4 provinces, with 54 programs delivered to 5680 people! We're efficient, not to mention cost effective! Along the way, 1 sudden breakdown (blown coolant hose), 1 fuel leak, and 1 significant trailer rupture (yes, we really did re-build the whole front end at a campsite), plus 2 CBC radio interviews, 1 CBC TV interview and another brief appearance, and a large number of local newspaper articles.

If our 3 day Georgian Bay 'shakedown cruise' is included, our total would be 60 programs, to over 6200 participants.

Amongst other things, we're now preparing for a large number of school programs planned for parts of Ontario this fall under our Habitat Stewardship Funding from Environment Canada. No doubt, it will be busy!