1. We went for a tour of the oil and gas plant where my brother works the first night we were here. This was the second time for me, I did this tour in December at minus 40 degrees. Much more enjoyable this time. And again, I am so impressed with my bro's extensive knowledge of anything and everything that happens at this plant. It's a complex system of heating and cooling and adding water and removing water. (I'm sure he will laugh at my simplistic, and probably incorrect summary.)
2. We have become acquainted with a lovely collection of Black Bears. We find them each evening at the town garbage dump. Its a popular spot for wildlife watching. The bears go there in search of food, of course. The image of these large, wild creatures digging through trash and trying to ignore the human spectators is contrary to our usual thoughts of a bear standing triumphantly in the middle of a fresh-water stream with a shiny silver fish in their mouth. But whatever. A bear's gotta eat!
3. The other night we went to Jackfish Lake. The kids swam and swam, even the Little One dipped a foot or two in the water. We cooked hamburgers and hotdogs over the fire, made smores, then the kids swam and swam s'more. It was around 10pm when we got home.
4. Everything here happens late. At least for us it has. Don't get me wrong, the Little One still wakes up at 7:15am. But we laze around and do nothing all morning, eat breakfast at noon, and then start planning how we will spend the late afternoon and evening. We started the tour of the plant after 9pm. We went to the lake in the evening. The reason for the late night activity? It is still hot and sunny! The good thing about keeping the kids up late every night, they fall alseep mid complaint about having to go to bed.
5. This is not only a small town, about 800 inhabitants, but it is isolated. Last night we went for a drive to the farthest place possible to drive in the summer, 12 kilometres from town. If you want to go farther, you'll need a plane or a boat. Living on the prairie, this is an unnerving concept to me. The people here are very friendly. They wave and say Hi to everyone. That is one of the best things about small towns.
Well, time for me to go have "breakfast" and get this day started. See you soon.
4 comments:
Glad I checked in! Wasn't expecting an update, but happy there was one!! Sounds like a cool place to visit... Swimming at 10p?? Awesome! Hope all 5 of you enjoyed it, and I look forward to seeing more pics (and perhaps a video or 2??) when you get back! Travel safe.
How do you find it going to sleep when it's still so light out? I find it hard in June when it's still sunny at 10:00pm! What a cool experience though, sounds like northern living is something else...
This is my favorite kind of vacation - relaxing and somewhat lazy and enjoying the local sights and sites.
When we were in Norway, I loved the long days - Oslo is about as far north as Yellowknife, and there were about 3 hours of dusk and the sun was up again.(I'd hate the hours of darkness in the winter, though). There was some construction across the street from our hotel in Oslo, and they were working 24 hours.
I'm glad to hear your family made this trip, and there were no meltdowns on the way home.
Hope to see you soon
Love the pics. I'm with Keri - hope to see a video, maybe??
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