We had been to The Knight Inlet in Canada before on a day trip by small boat and always wanted to come back and stay. This is the dock area in Campbell River on Vancouver Island where we met our pilot,
and boarded our plane for the flight into the inlet.
The trip in is stunning and carries you deep into pristine wilderness.
Here is our little cabin in the big woods. It is new construction and sits on the water’s edge.
It is tiny, but charming, and has everything you need.
This is your view when you wake in the misty morning.
In the inlet you are surrounded by wildlife.
There are harbor seals,
and Stellar sea lions, and whales, birds, wolves, cougars,
and of course, the star attraction,
the grizzlies!
Cheers to you from gorgeous Canada~
According to a November 2013 Huffington Post article 1.6 million “mostly unseen” children are without stable housing in the United States.
The National Center on Family Homelessness reported that 1 in 45 children experience homelessness each year. This number amounts to a staggering 1.6 million children in America. Reports also indicate that 71 percent of homeless children are “doubled up” (living with friends, family or nonrelatives for economic reasons), placing them among the 6.8 million people who stay in living situations they do not control. As such, they could eventually find themselves in a shelter or ultimately on the street.
America’s homeless children are mostly unseen, but they are counted. The troubling part is that these numbers have been climbing for some time now.
In the 2011 school year, enrollment statistics in preschools and K-12 programs reported a figure of 1,168,354 children known to be homeless. These trends show a sharp increase in this figure over the last few years. TheAtlanticCities.com recently reported that this issue is one of national concern, with 43 states reporting recent increases in the number of homeless children. California, New York, Texas and Florida are among the hardest hit.
In the nation’s capital alone, the Public School System reports that over 3,000 of its students are known to be living in homelessness.
Art by Rob Goldstein 