Ep 10 - Natalie

 A gap year was in order for Natalie when she graduated high school and realized she had an opportunity to do some travelling before starting years of university. She found a program she liked enough, but something wasn’t right and she wanted to get exploring while she still could. So, she made the decision, did some travelling and ended up in Vancouver with her brother, with the intentions of doing a cross Canada road trip.  She ended up settling in Riding Mountain National Park for awhile, to visit family and make some money. We sat down in early fall to chat about all things gap year related, why travelling when you can is so important and what she hopes to have learned when the experience comes to an end in the spring.  Thru Here releases new episodes every Thursday.  This episode features a quick mid-episode interview with our friend, Sam Cortes. She wrote a really cool book called Where We Feel Human. You can buy it online at Lonesome Cedar’s website, or you can email her at wherewefeelhuman[a]gmail.com to grab your copy. It comes out on Feb. 20, 2019. A book launch will be held that night at FortWhyte Alive’s interpretive centre in Winnipeg, MB, starting at 7 p.m. You can RSVP to the event and get more information here. This episode features an ad from our friends at 6tiles Media. In Exit the Echo Chamber, a podcast by 6tiles Media, host William Rhoda talks to people you’ve never met, with perspectives you’ve never considered. You can check it out on all your favourite podcast-listening apps here. Season one of Thru Here takes place in Riding Mountain National Park, a vast forested oasis among Manitoba’s hundreds of kilometres of prairie, and a destination for many travellers. Thru Here is recorded on Treaty 2 territory. The land is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene Peoples and the homeland of the Metis Nation. The land is also used by Indigenous nations from Treaties 1, 3 and 4.   Follow us on social media, we’re @thruhere on Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.