Makwa and I are in Kotzebue Alaska! Thanks to the generosity of a Guardian Angel we found ourselves in a whirlwind of a dream driving to Minneapolis, flying south through Phoenix, Arizona, on to Anchorage, sleeping for two hours and landing in Kotzebue. A few hours later we were in a small Cesna 206 with three other 'spotters' scouring crevices, ridges,
and valleys of a fork on the Ambler river looking for any sign that might lead us to Thomas.
No words can describe the unfathomable beauty of this country, or the experience that we now share with those who have been searching before us. Long after my eyes were drained of focus and the contents of my stomach were stowed away in a baggie, my heart tenaciously continued to spread a net of love filling every crevice with a call for Thomas, listening intently for any little catch on the fabric. Nothing and everything...nothing because I didn't catch one singular tug that pointed me in a particular direction. Everything because every spruce, every cranny, every nuance of color in the ribbons of streams and rock and texture of snow, every whisp of cloud and blue sky, every fleeting bird and caribou track called back "I AM HERE." I AM HERE.
The full moon rose as the red sun set in a blaze of passionate reds, and oranges, pinks and purples, and slowly transitioned to calming pastels reflected on the ice floes below. We had our first full night of sleep after a dinner of moose and seal meat and fat, salmon eating grizzly bear fat that tastes just like that, and delicious kinnikik berries (bearberries) in bear fat--that was desert. Our contribution to the feast was manoomin, the good seed and dried wild leeks from Wisconsin.
Today we will meet with Sargent Stone of the AK State Troopers and then head back to the Ambler River to follow a couple more leads from the air while the weather holds out.
All your love and support buoys us as we continue the search. Here in AK people are so kind and generous even though they have never met us. I can see how the Gifting Way is alive and thriving and I'm inspired beyond my wildest fantasies.
For those of you who have offered financial support, we have established a fund. This is how you can proceed: Send a check or money order made out to: Recovery Fund for Thomas Seibold. and send it to First National Bank. P.O. Box 627. Three Lakes, WI 54562
Love and gratitude overflowing,
Lety
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2012.29.11
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