DesertRose
Safari Chick & Supporting Sponsor
Six Overland Society members and friends headed down to Rancho Aribabi, Sonora, Mexico, this past weekend to volunteer considerable talents to help a conservation project there.
The original post on the trip is here: http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32859
Many thanks to Fergie (Gavin), Gary, Diane, Steve, and Jonathan for a great trip - and for your amazing skills.
The talented welders in the group (Gavin!) made quick work of a job that would most likely not have gotten done in this year or anytime soon, due to the difficult economy. It will really help the project finish their remote cabins / camp sooner than they anticipated, and this will help keep the conservation work moving forward at a critical time. And Carlos Robles and his family were very touched that there were so many folks willing to come down and help them with their dream of protecting their land and wildlife for future generations.
Here are some images pulled from the Overland Society Picasa page, and you can view them all and a map of the location at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/TheOverlandSociety/
More info on the Overland Society at http://www.overlandsociety.org
Contact us if you know of any conservation or humanitarian aid projects in need of volunteer assistance, especially where we can lend a hand with overland-related talents - mapping, driving instruction, assistance reaching remote locations, and so on. While this trip included construction help, we also mapped routes and planned eco-tourism activities.
The original post on the trip is here: http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32859
Many thanks to Fergie (Gavin), Gary, Diane, Steve, and Jonathan for a great trip - and for your amazing skills.
The talented welders in the group (Gavin!) made quick work of a job that would most likely not have gotten done in this year or anytime soon, due to the difficult economy. It will really help the project finish their remote cabins / camp sooner than they anticipated, and this will help keep the conservation work moving forward at a critical time. And Carlos Robles and his family were very touched that there were so many folks willing to come down and help them with their dream of protecting their land and wildlife for future generations.
Here are some images pulled from the Overland Society Picasa page, and you can view them all and a map of the location at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/TheOverlandSociety/
More info on the Overland Society at http://www.overlandsociety.org
Contact us if you know of any conservation or humanitarian aid projects in need of volunteer assistance, especially where we can lend a hand with overland-related talents - mapping, driving instruction, assistance reaching remote locations, and so on. While this trip included construction help, we also mapped routes and planned eco-tourism activities.
