Sit Spot – West Lake Provincial Park, Prince George 

Sit Spot is something that I have learned since being in the Education Prom at UNBC. A group of block 5 students shared it with us initially in September as their inquiry project and then at West Lake Provincial Park we were able to partake in it again. I chose a spot on the edge of the water, and sat cross-legged to pass the time. I was not really sure what I was going to spend my time thinking about or focussing on. I started with examining the rocks and seeing if there were any worthy of coming home with me … I took home 3! I found myself start to think about how much I love the water and how much I had wished it wasn’t 5 degrees so I could dip my toes in. My entire life I have had a connection to the water. Despite not being a strong swimmer, I always found a way to be in the water during the summers. We spent every summer in the Kootenays with my grandparents and they lived across the highway from a small beach. Us and the neighbors walked across the highway every day, rain or shine, and went down to the beach. We used to collect rocks and take them back up to the tree house between our houses. All I could think about while sitting in this spot were the memories I accumulated over the years in Nelson with all of the different people I met. I wish I could go back to that time but I am grateful that when put in these situations, 10 minutes sitting beside a lake, I am able to relive them once again.