Josh lives on a street called The Road To Nowhere. This road was created as a training exercise in road construction, built to access a gravel pit; but all the gravel was used in creating the road. Therefore its name!
It has been sunny and warm (17 - 19 degrees) here. We have taken in the local government building tour and the visitor centre. The Leg. has beautiful paintings depicting the North in various seasons and elegant "gifts" from each of the provinces, welcoming the new territory. Greenland was also represented in welcoming Nunavut. Apparently there is a close relationship between Nunavut and Greenland. Greenland is only 200 hundred kms. east of here. They share concerns re economy, tourism, and environment. Today we are going to the Hudson Bay Company Outpost, which is now a museum and an art gallery. There is a possibility of kayaking this evening. Our trip is almost over but there is still more to see and do! Take care, Lori
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We took that road to nowhere this morning after Josh set out on his bike to work........ well, look where it got us. Tundra, tundra and more! Lori is standing at its start, and if she's thumbing for a ride she'd better show some of her gorgeous leg, 'cause there's mostly zero traffic up this way! Josh's window is the middle-story one on the right-hand side of the photo. To put it in perspective, see the hill we climbed behind the apartment from his living room window:
Having walked all over (an hour, maybe) this spongey tundra-turf examining bogs and lousewort, using friend-neighbor-Peter's walking sticks to keep our ankles and knees in one piece, we thought to pop over the next hill (somewhere over "there...") to pick up a coffee (Lori) and cold water (Deb) at the only pit-stop this end of nowhere. Tough luck, the new fridges and replacement coffee-maker are yet to be unloaded from the yearly barge that arrived this week. On the short-cut walk home, we mused at how things are simpler and much more complicated up here. That's been a theme of many conversations with the many people we've talked to.
We went fishing yesterday in that river I spoke of in my last post.... we lost two lures while catching no char, but boy was it fun! Like old times for me: never a pro, I remember many teen-dates with a fishing pole in my hand, and my first honeymoon was at a fishing lodge with my new father and uncles-in-law! But since char is very delicious, too bad we had to leave without! We got to meet Max, who met us at the fishing spot.
That kayak ride this evening sounds interesting, eh? That and dinner at the home of Josh's friend Jack - and tomorrow, Josh flies out to Cambridge Bay, while we'll have a day with no guide, to coax out a few last memories. See y'all soon! Deb
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