The Arctic Post

This past week I was invited by one of the teachers to go out on the land with him and couple teachers and students. These are days that I am happy that I don’t work, allowing me to experience as much of the north that I can while we are living here. As much as I wished Etienne was able to come with me, I was really glad I was able to go. He’s limited with the distance he can go, so we haven’t been that far away from town. This day we went farther than I have been before. The land around Chester is quite flat, but where we went had quite a bit more hills. It was very pretty. The weather was fantastic. Just above zero. It was so enjoyable to go out and not have to be wearing 4 different layers. The only downfall is how wet most of us got. The snow was melting so as soon as it hit your clothing it soaked you. I think my left mitt weighed an extra 3 pounds with all the water. Good thing it was warm and my hands didn’t get cold. If we go out again, I think I am going to wear my raincoat instead of my parka!

I was amazed at how much snow is still up here.  Since it’s been warm for a little while here, it is starting to get quite soft. We ended up getting stuck trying to tow the Komatik up a hill.It was then that I finally was able to drive a snowmachine! Since we don’t have one, I haven’t been able to actually drive. I’m always passenger. Even though I only drove it for about 30 seconds, it still was a lot of fun!! I can’t wait to be able to take out our Honda whenever I want and just drive around. I’m still trying to convince Etienne to buy a used snowmachine for next winter! Wish me luck

After we drove around for a while, we stopped for a quick bite to eat. I didn’t get a chance to take a lot of pictures of all the beautiful scenery, but I did take a few when we stopped to eat.

Just before our trip south, Etienne bought a GPS for the camera. I kinda rolled my eyes when he told me he was buying it, but now that we have it, I think it’s the coolest thing ever. We use Aperture 3 as our photo program and with that we are able to map out where we were.  I have posted a map showing exactly where we stopped to eat. Hopefully next time I will be able to stop and take pictures throughout our trip, showing exactly where we were.

The "pin" is where we stopped. The arrow shows where town is.

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