What
is there to tell about us?
Both, Wil and I were born and grew up in the Netherlands.
After graduating (resp. Geology and Library Science) we worked for a number
of years in W-Africa (Mauritania and Benin), employed by the United Nations
Development Programme.
Thirty-nine years ago we emigrated to Canada, setting first foot on Canadian
soil in Calgary.
Here we lived, played and worked for almost a quarter of a century.
Our daughters, Kirsti and Lienke, both grew up and went to school in "Cowtown".
Over time, Kirsti and Lienke went their ways and we found our retirement
heaven in Atlin, British Columbia.
A
few years later both Kirsti and Lienke moved closer and settled in and near
Whitehorse in the Yukon. (2 hrs. drive from us). They have their own little
families.
Kirsti has two daughters: Hannah and Kate (resp. 12 and 10) and Lienke and
Matt have two sons: Sullivan (5) and Fletcher (3).
Oma and her granddaughters
at the Atlin-in-the-City Christmas Fair
Nov. 2016
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Last updated 12-mar-17
Kirsti Hannah and Kate
Spring 2016
Over the summer Hein
goes on longer mountainbike rides with his Atlin buddies in and over the
mountains of the Atlin area.
AWESOME!!!
Another (road)biking highlight is the annual Kluane-Chilkat Bike Relay from
Haines Junction (Yukon) to Haines (Alaska).
In June of 2010-2011-2012-2013 and 2014 Hein biked the race solo: 240 km
over the coastal mountains in addition to some shorter local tours through
the un-equalled landscapes of the Lake district of the S. Yukon and Northern
BC.
Opa supervising Sullivans downhill run Feb 2017
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