Where winding roads, rusty rails, iffy health and lean budget meet the calm
Aug. 11, Winding down
This is my last full day on Baffin. The morning rain is tapping out its melody on the tent fly. Tim is still soundly asleep beside me and I’ve been reading for the last hour. Continue reading “Heading home and Epilogue”
August 10: Today we’ll walk part way back to our drop-off point and set up camp before doing a little exploring. It’s our last full day on Bylot Island, and I know I want to come back and see more, do more. Continue reading “Back to Baffin”
The air is still this morning. Banks of cloud march NE to SW and the sun shines through them, creating alternate bands of blue, white and grey. Continue reading “Day trip to Aktineq”
Jim said earlier that when he got up for a pee at 5:30 p.m. there was frost on the tents. Continue reading “Beach hike”
This morning dawned sunny and the tent heated up nicely. Continue reading “An easy day around the hoodoos”
Dinner in the hotel last night was beef stew (lots of onion, and it didn’t taste like chili!), rubber chicken with a tomato-based sauce on it, boiled potatoes, rice, and corn. Continue reading “Bylot & The Bear”
Today we’re headed back to Pond Inlet. We’ll see if Jason (the Inuk youth we had met at out campsite two days before) is at his camp on shore and if he’s perhaps willing to ferry us across Jane’s Creek. Continue reading “Back to Pond Inlet”
The next morning it was once again dry and cool. We made breakfast of bacon & instant mashed potatoes, then Tim & I set about making a clothesline between our ski poles. Continue reading “Off to Mount Herodier”
I’ve been too busy or tired to write. It’s exhilarating! Continue reading “An impromptu swim”
Wow! It’s 6:30 a.m. and I’m sitting on a rock on the shore of Eclipse Sound. Continue reading “Getting to Pond Inlet”
This is an edited version of my journal of an adventure vacation I had in Canada’s Eastern Arctic just over twenty years ago. Continue reading “Intro: Baffin and Bylot Islands”
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