Where winding roads, rusty rails, iffy health and lean budget meet the calm
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”
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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