We have food!
So our foodmail (one order) came today.
We finally have meat to cook with. It’s been challenging trying to create meals with limited meat. You can find meat here in town, but since we’ve been here, the selection has been less than desirable. We are waiting for our second foodmail order that has our fruit/vegetable and dairy on it. We’ve survived on what is available locally and will probably continue to support the local stores, however, you just can’t always find what you want.
We also went on our first “honda” ride. The northerners call their quads “honda’s”. The first place we went to was the actual “Chesterfield Inlet”. Then we went to “The Point”. This is where you can fish. It is also where the community freezer is. This is where the locals can store the meat they have killed. The weather started to turn quite nasty so we ended up heading home shortly after. We’re hoping this weekend is nice and we can head out longer.
An Inukshuk out at the Inlet....
Nice pic of you guys by the inukshuk…
Hey! Great pictures!!!
Yah for food always a bonus!
Welcome to the Arctic. Careful, it grows on you. I retired from the Force up here.
I like Etienne’s attire, little bit of a change from the albertan look, jeans & belt??!!!
great to hear u have meat now!! it would be so neat to live near the ocean!
I love foodmail! It’s not always perfect but better than the brown meat at the store. Just be prepared for the day that you don’t get one of your boxes and nobody cares. We’ve lost 2 to date and they have never been found or compensated for. It’s frustrating, luckily it doesn’t happen often. And you live in my house I see. Actually we live on the other side from the looks of things. My only complaint is that we don’t have the huge sealift room with the shelving that the older houses do. Otherwise we love it.
Wonderful photos of you two. In the second to last picture is that a sailboat that is abandoned on the gravel or is it something else. It seems to have a mast. Do you have access to the community freezer or don’t you need it? I seem to remember when Sylvie was there that she said the teachers could use it.
I love when you tell us little tidbits about the culture — the community freezer, what they call a quad, etc.
I presume the inukshuks are not just for decoration. Are they markers for something?
Oops. Another question. What time of the day was the last picture taken? We see the moon very clearly but it isn’t dark.
The picture was taken at 8pm.
How is the weather, looks a little cold since you are in a ski jacket. Does it get dark at all or just dusk?
It was chilly yesterday…and with the wind on the “honda” it got cold. It does get dark, around 9pm.
Je suis heureux que la nourriture soit arrivée! J’aime bien les photos. Heureusement que tu portes ces superbes lunettes. Elles mettent un peu de couleur dans ce paysage!