It's that time of year again! LAND TRIP!!! Two days on the land with good people, country food, and wonderful sunshine! Gotta love end of the year trips. The first thing we did when we got to the lake today was drill some holes for fishing. If there was ever any doubt as to the thickness and therefore safety of the ice all of my doubts were assuaged when we didn't find water until we extended the ice auger...
... to 6+ feet and we wouldn't have found water if we were just a few inches shorter. No fish though. Not even a nibble. I even sang the "here fishy, fishy" song.
-14 with windchill and clear sunny skies made for an excellent day for a land trip. I rocked 100spf sunscreen, kept my face covered and my back to the sun and I still ended up with a pretty wicked goggle tan. I spent most of the day sitting around a fishing hole much like the one pictured above.
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| Looking fabulous in the standard Arctic uniform: Canada Goose, fur mitts, big boots, and goggles. |
I was worried that the kids would be bored because there wasn't any activities organized but then again I'm a fool. Kids in Nunavut don't need organized activities! For kids who - on good days - have some trepidation working independently in the classroom, don't even hesitate when getting organized on the land. They pushed a kamatik (much like the one we're sitting on in the photo) up to the top of the hill, behind us, and created their own rollercoaster. There was even a "weeeeeeeeee!" periodically. The kids also organized the heck out of the hole digging, bonfire building, snow wrestling fight clubs etc...
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| We tried without the goggles but just ended up squinting and slightly blind. |
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