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- Story Listed as: True Life For Adults
- Theme: Survival / Success
- Subject: Other / Not Listed
- Published: 05/05/2014
Written By: Reio Lance
Date Written: Thursday, April 17, 2014
© 2014 Reio Lance
2017
It was a hot spring day, I can't even remember a spring this hot in years. Of course I just turned 29 years old and I'm sure people much older could recall a spring this hot or maybe even hotter. Since the start of the 2010 decade, or if not just before, around 2009, many people would start recycling and putting less garbage into our landfills. The world seemed like it was trying to save itself. but with massive storms, floods, earthquakes, and all the other bad weather patterns out there it seemed as if nothing was really making a big impact on our world. However this is the story of the tipping point of Global Warming.
Today is Friday, June 2, 2017, and I'm celebrating my 29th Birthday today. for most getting older seems scary, mostly when you talk to people much older than yourself. I've always been an odd ball and never cared about the aging part because at the end of the day, we're aging every second of the day and there's nothing we can do to stop it. I decided since it was my final birth year in my twenty's that I'd go out with a bang, or maybe in with a bang, depending how you look at it? I had planned a trip for some time now and I decided I'd be spending my 29th Birth Year in a place known as Radium, BC, about three hours west of Calgary if you’re driving there. I was driving with a few close people in my life, my husband and some of my best friends. We drove through the mountains because Radium itself is in the mountains basically. It's a small village of about 800+ people. The last time I was here was my 19th Birthday when I was legal to drink in BC since their drinking age is 19, whereas Alberta is 18.
As we drove through the mountains, I realized the damage of Global warming itself, with the pine beetles that have been destroying our forests for the past decade or so. It was probably a very sad thing to view because trees are so important for life on Earth and seeing nearly one-third of them being killed off is super depressing for human life and animal life as we know it. I still however took photos and enjoyed the travels to Radium, it was a perfect day for weather and there were lots of good photos to take along the way. The mountains play an important part of my life now, they are relaxing and I also feel like they are a great way to let go of all that unwanted energy that most of us sometimes can carry around us for days, week and even years!
As we finally make it to Radium, I start seeing lots of damage on the mountains and I notice things I didn't notice 10 years earlier when I was here. The Earth is changing, I realized, and sure maybe I can't base it off one village or not even 1,000 people however, this was not the only place in the world that was changing. Across the world we could see China facing droughts by the dozens; we could see more people losing their homes in the US, Canada and other countries due to massive new storm patterns. Inside I was sad about what I was seeing, but at the same time as a human there is not much you can do to control all the damage happening. You start realizing the things you have are more important than ever.
We enjoy the nice hot springs of the day, and the massive pool next to the hot springs, it's still early for Radium to be busy and in fact it's not busy at all really. A couple hours go back and we decide to go eat something for dinner however a storm starts working its way in and many people quickly exit from the springs and pool. A rain storm in June is normal, but this rain storm was different, watching mega drops of water splash into the ground, it reminds me of the floods in my home city Calgary, the mega flood we had in 2013. I remember it clear as day, it goes to show nowhere in the world is truly save from Mother Nature.
Just last summer, we had the Droughts of 2016 as they were dubbed. It was probably the first time in my life that I seen Calgary has a drought, although they were common to happen, they rarely did happen. The Bow River itself was about 1/3 to 1/2 lower than normal, it was to the point I remember I could of grabbed some fish out of the river by hand. Water prices were sky high even higher than the Floods of 2013. This made lots of people very angry, some people even caused damage to stores and shops in order to get water from them. It was almost unsafe to be out the public at some points because you had no idea if someone would try to stab you or shot you for your water and food.
Since today was my birthday, my husband and friends put together a big dinner for me and they made me my favorite which was liver and mash potatoes on the BBQ that we had just outside of the rooms we were standing at. We were staying at the same hotel I stayed at ten years ago today. I opened up the gifts that they gave me, mostly were just the bottle of red wine and bubble bath soap; two things I must admit make me super happy aside from ice cream or other sweet treats. The small rain storm finally stopped and just as soon as it started, that hot June sun came back and it was almost like it never even rained.
As a young teenager I remember those days in June where it could be raining for even as little as 10 or 15 minutes and then the sun would come back out and it felt as if it never even rained out. I think one of my June birthdays really stick out was my 13th birthday there was actually snow on the ground because it snowed that night however, it was about 25 degrees by the afternoon that the snow was all melting so fast it was like there was a mini swimming pool in my backyard. We had an in ground hot tub at the time as well and my friends and I enjoyed jumping in the melting snow as it we jumped back into the hot tub afterword’s.
We all probably have memory of the 2005 floods as well, of course they weren't as bad as the 2013 ones were, however I remember super clearly January 2006 was a very warm winter, it even rained half the month, we should see snow in January but I remember seeing snow and seeing days of about +1 to +10 it rarely got below 0 that whole winter actually expect maybe in the evening. My 18th Birthday of 2006 was a hot June from what I remember in fact I think our rain fall was way below average because I recall sunning tan a lot June 2006 to August 2006, the great summer year of my 18th year on this planet, sometimes you wish to be back at the age but then realize I don't miss not knowing things about my life.
That night of my 29th after all that cooked liver and drinks with my husband and friends, I cuddled next to my husband and realized how happy I was at the moment, he truly made this a great day for me and I love him with all my heart. My best friends brought along their mates too and they were in their own rooms with their mates, everything seemed so perfect I didn't want this moment to ever go away. As we drift off in the quietness of the night, we wake to the morning to a squirrel stuffing his mouth with a bunch of nuts from a nearby tree to our hotel room. He was really cute and the squirrels are very popular in this area since Radium is basically inside the woods and mountains. I enjoyed a cup of coffee with my husband as we sat outside it was a warm morning and we decided today we'd go on a hike around Radium to take some amazing photos.
I remember the year 2008, not being such a great year for work and also the year 2014. I called it the curse of even years, I think for some reason I had bad luck with jobs during the even years for some reason. However overtime I'm not sure if I believe luck was always a true thing, because I think things are just meant to happen no matter if you control it or don't control it. 2015 Was probably a quite year for weather it almost felt Mother Nature was on a national holiday that lasted 365 days long. I guess even Mother Nature needs time off too from all us humans.
We went out on our amazing hike and saw lots of wild life along the way; we even got to see some of the falls and lots of the spring water flow. It was another warm day and I really enjoyed being here. I think just being outside in the nature was super helpful, I felt the deeper we went into the forests, I almost felt like a rebirth of energy flowing all over my body. I was truly in a happy place again. I felt safe and free at the same time, maybe this is how a bird or butterfly feels as they fly through the weightless air above the ground. We all agreed to have a picnic in the middle of the woods because it felt right and it was so peaceful as we sat next to a mini waterfall of the spring water that was flowing from the mountains.
I used to see photos of waterfalls like the Elbow Falls that looked so nice but I remember seeing them in March 2014 and how destroyed they were. I only seen them once before but it was so many years ago, but seeing them in 2014 with my husband who was my fiancé at the time and how shocked he was I realize that it had all been changed and basically looked like a wasteland from those 2013 floods we had.
We enjoyed our hike so much that we decided that night we would go back to the hot springs one last time since we would be leaving the next day anyways. We only came here for three days but it felt like much longer and sometimes those little holidays can be just as amazing as the longer ones it’s how you make of them really. Sitting in the warm water of the hot springs that sometimes can reach about 44 degrees (the water itself) felt very relaxing after a long day of hiking and site seeing throughout the small village of Radium. This was probably one of my favorite birthdays to date and I thank it to everyone who came along for the ride, since I believe the small pleasures of life are the ones that can make you truly happy in life. Tomorrow we’d set our sights back on our home city Calgary but until then I was going to let this moment last as long as I needed it to so that I can hold onto more life memories in my life.
This was how a weekend away gave memories of the changes in the world and how we are mostly at the tipping point of Global Warming and in the years to come we will have many more stories to tell. Today is June 3, 2017 and I just turned 29 yesterday and I only have 29 years of memories to share, but I am super thankful for what I do have with the great supportive husband named Blair and the great best friends named Derek and Katie plus all the great family I have that stands behind me in everyday of my life. Today starts the journey I make it towards my 30th Birthday and 3rd decade on Earth but will we save our Earth before it’s too late?
Remember tomorrow is the journey that we haven't touched yet, but today is the journey we can take to make tomorrow's journey easier.
2017(Reio Lance)
Written By: Reio Lance
Date Written: Thursday, April 17, 2014
© 2014 Reio Lance
2017
It was a hot spring day, I can't even remember a spring this hot in years. Of course I just turned 29 years old and I'm sure people much older could recall a spring this hot or maybe even hotter. Since the start of the 2010 decade, or if not just before, around 2009, many people would start recycling and putting less garbage into our landfills. The world seemed like it was trying to save itself. but with massive storms, floods, earthquakes, and all the other bad weather patterns out there it seemed as if nothing was really making a big impact on our world. However this is the story of the tipping point of Global Warming.
Today is Friday, June 2, 2017, and I'm celebrating my 29th Birthday today. for most getting older seems scary, mostly when you talk to people much older than yourself. I've always been an odd ball and never cared about the aging part because at the end of the day, we're aging every second of the day and there's nothing we can do to stop it. I decided since it was my final birth year in my twenty's that I'd go out with a bang, or maybe in with a bang, depending how you look at it? I had planned a trip for some time now and I decided I'd be spending my 29th Birth Year in a place known as Radium, BC, about three hours west of Calgary if you’re driving there. I was driving with a few close people in my life, my husband and some of my best friends. We drove through the mountains because Radium itself is in the mountains basically. It's a small village of about 800+ people. The last time I was here was my 19th Birthday when I was legal to drink in BC since their drinking age is 19, whereas Alberta is 18.
As we drove through the mountains, I realized the damage of Global warming itself, with the pine beetles that have been destroying our forests for the past decade or so. It was probably a very sad thing to view because trees are so important for life on Earth and seeing nearly one-third of them being killed off is super depressing for human life and animal life as we know it. I still however took photos and enjoyed the travels to Radium, it was a perfect day for weather and there were lots of good photos to take along the way. The mountains play an important part of my life now, they are relaxing and I also feel like they are a great way to let go of all that unwanted energy that most of us sometimes can carry around us for days, week and even years!
As we finally make it to Radium, I start seeing lots of damage on the mountains and I notice things I didn't notice 10 years earlier when I was here. The Earth is changing, I realized, and sure maybe I can't base it off one village or not even 1,000 people however, this was not the only place in the world that was changing. Across the world we could see China facing droughts by the dozens; we could see more people losing their homes in the US, Canada and other countries due to massive new storm patterns. Inside I was sad about what I was seeing, but at the same time as a human there is not much you can do to control all the damage happening. You start realizing the things you have are more important than ever.
We enjoy the nice hot springs of the day, and the massive pool next to the hot springs, it's still early for Radium to be busy and in fact it's not busy at all really. A couple hours go back and we decide to go eat something for dinner however a storm starts working its way in and many people quickly exit from the springs and pool. A rain storm in June is normal, but this rain storm was different, watching mega drops of water splash into the ground, it reminds me of the floods in my home city Calgary, the mega flood we had in 2013. I remember it clear as day, it goes to show nowhere in the world is truly save from Mother Nature.
Just last summer, we had the Droughts of 2016 as they were dubbed. It was probably the first time in my life that I seen Calgary has a drought, although they were common to happen, they rarely did happen. The Bow River itself was about 1/3 to 1/2 lower than normal, it was to the point I remember I could of grabbed some fish out of the river by hand. Water prices were sky high even higher than the Floods of 2013. This made lots of people very angry, some people even caused damage to stores and shops in order to get water from them. It was almost unsafe to be out the public at some points because you had no idea if someone would try to stab you or shot you for your water and food.
Since today was my birthday, my husband and friends put together a big dinner for me and they made me my favorite which was liver and mash potatoes on the BBQ that we had just outside of the rooms we were standing at. We were staying at the same hotel I stayed at ten years ago today. I opened up the gifts that they gave me, mostly were just the bottle of red wine and bubble bath soap; two things I must admit make me super happy aside from ice cream or other sweet treats. The small rain storm finally stopped and just as soon as it started, that hot June sun came back and it was almost like it never even rained.
As a young teenager I remember those days in June where it could be raining for even as little as 10 or 15 minutes and then the sun would come back out and it felt as if it never even rained out. I think one of my June birthdays really stick out was my 13th birthday there was actually snow on the ground because it snowed that night however, it was about 25 degrees by the afternoon that the snow was all melting so fast it was like there was a mini swimming pool in my backyard. We had an in ground hot tub at the time as well and my friends and I enjoyed jumping in the melting snow as it we jumped back into the hot tub afterword’s.
We all probably have memory of the 2005 floods as well, of course they weren't as bad as the 2013 ones were, however I remember super clearly January 2006 was a very warm winter, it even rained half the month, we should see snow in January but I remember seeing snow and seeing days of about +1 to +10 it rarely got below 0 that whole winter actually expect maybe in the evening. My 18th Birthday of 2006 was a hot June from what I remember in fact I think our rain fall was way below average because I recall sunning tan a lot June 2006 to August 2006, the great summer year of my 18th year on this planet, sometimes you wish to be back at the age but then realize I don't miss not knowing things about my life.
That night of my 29th after all that cooked liver and drinks with my husband and friends, I cuddled next to my husband and realized how happy I was at the moment, he truly made this a great day for me and I love him with all my heart. My best friends brought along their mates too and they were in their own rooms with their mates, everything seemed so perfect I didn't want this moment to ever go away. As we drift off in the quietness of the night, we wake to the morning to a squirrel stuffing his mouth with a bunch of nuts from a nearby tree to our hotel room. He was really cute and the squirrels are very popular in this area since Radium is basically inside the woods and mountains. I enjoyed a cup of coffee with my husband as we sat outside it was a warm morning and we decided today we'd go on a hike around Radium to take some amazing photos.
I remember the year 2008, not being such a great year for work and also the year 2014. I called it the curse of even years, I think for some reason I had bad luck with jobs during the even years for some reason. However overtime I'm not sure if I believe luck was always a true thing, because I think things are just meant to happen no matter if you control it or don't control it. 2015 Was probably a quite year for weather it almost felt Mother Nature was on a national holiday that lasted 365 days long. I guess even Mother Nature needs time off too from all us humans.
We went out on our amazing hike and saw lots of wild life along the way; we even got to see some of the falls and lots of the spring water flow. It was another warm day and I really enjoyed being here. I think just being outside in the nature was super helpful, I felt the deeper we went into the forests, I almost felt like a rebirth of energy flowing all over my body. I was truly in a happy place again. I felt safe and free at the same time, maybe this is how a bird or butterfly feels as they fly through the weightless air above the ground. We all agreed to have a picnic in the middle of the woods because it felt right and it was so peaceful as we sat next to a mini waterfall of the spring water that was flowing from the mountains.
I used to see photos of waterfalls like the Elbow Falls that looked so nice but I remember seeing them in March 2014 and how destroyed they were. I only seen them once before but it was so many years ago, but seeing them in 2014 with my husband who was my fiancé at the time and how shocked he was I realize that it had all been changed and basically looked like a wasteland from those 2013 floods we had.
We enjoyed our hike so much that we decided that night we would go back to the hot springs one last time since we would be leaving the next day anyways. We only came here for three days but it felt like much longer and sometimes those little holidays can be just as amazing as the longer ones it’s how you make of them really. Sitting in the warm water of the hot springs that sometimes can reach about 44 degrees (the water itself) felt very relaxing after a long day of hiking and site seeing throughout the small village of Radium. This was probably one of my favorite birthdays to date and I thank it to everyone who came along for the ride, since I believe the small pleasures of life are the ones that can make you truly happy in life. Tomorrow we’d set our sights back on our home city Calgary but until then I was going to let this moment last as long as I needed it to so that I can hold onto more life memories in my life.
This was how a weekend away gave memories of the changes in the world and how we are mostly at the tipping point of Global Warming and in the years to come we will have many more stories to tell. Today is June 3, 2017 and I just turned 29 yesterday and I only have 29 years of memories to share, but I am super thankful for what I do have with the great supportive husband named Blair and the great best friends named Derek and Katie plus all the great family I have that stands behind me in everyday of my life. Today starts the journey I make it towards my 30th Birthday and 3rd decade on Earth but will we save our Earth before it’s too late?
Remember tomorrow is the journey that we haven't touched yet, but today is the journey we can take to make tomorrow's journey easier.
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