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Derek Ryder

@ryderda.bsky.social

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Skier, hiker, traveler, Former Director - Friends of Kananaskis, K-Country Bear Team member, Sunshine SnowHost, Wildlife Ambassador, and retired.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 5d

I love Jason's work and am glad he has a gallery where I live.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 8d

It's the little things that can make all the difference.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 8d

The guide: The summer hiking, the winter skiing, the shoulder seasons travelling.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 8d

Look what I saw in Setubal, Portugal today.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 17d

I find myself in Portugal right now, when normally I would be in Maui. Wonder why.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 17d

And people repeatedly say they won’t run into bears on busy trails.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 21d

I would make more turkey if they raised turkeys that fed 2 instead of 22.

Oh, they do. They’re called chickens. That’s why.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 22d

www.yamnuskawolfdogsanctuary.com

Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary | Cochrane, Alberta, Canada

Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary offers a variety of tours to the public. The purpose of our tours is to educate the public on wolfdogs and raise awareness regarding wolf conservation. All proceeds from the...

www.yamnuskawolfdogsanctuary.com

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 24d

Today's lunch view. Not volunteering.

In the dappled shade of huge trees lining a linear park, a tall volcanic cone-shaped fountain and art installation trickles water, awaiting its next eruption. And erupt water it does.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 24d

I don't disagree, but Spray Lakes never even asked for the first build. They just did it. That's bad.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 25d

The main argument for its removal was that it was never permitted by DFO in the first place. Now it has been, it can be built. That DFO would give it a permit was never in doubt.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 25d

Not in my province, where I had to order them in advance, pay for them, and wait until later in the month to get them.

But then, we have more measles cases than the entire US!

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 26d

Not until after Oct 20 according to an e-mail I got when my booking was confirmed.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 29d

What I find interesting is nearly all of the world's current supply of H2 gas is made from fossil fuels. It can be (and is) also commercially made from coal. Yes, you can do electrolysis of water (or thermochemical), but $$$ and really only from fresh water because of chlorine gas if using sea water

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · Oct 4

I cannot share today's lunch view while out volunteering. So instead, who I saw an hour before lunch, and the view on the way home this afternoon.

In a cold and frosty covered meadow, a younger male moose with a small-ish rack marches out of the mud, with fog rising.

Under a blue sky filled with high, wispy clouds, a mountain rises, with dark evergreens surrounding the magnificent fall colours of yellows, pale greens and golds on the aspens and poplars below.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · Oct 3

Today's lunch view while out volunteering was the same as Tuesday. That's what happens when it's cold and I eat lunch inside. So also, I've added a pic from about 40 min before lunch.