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| Boat launch area known as the Saw Mil |
It feels like it has been ages since I had posted anything, I have simply been waiting for something extra ordinary to happen before adding another post. But I have come to realize that there aren't going to be that many exciting events in my life any time soon, so I better not use this excuse any more!
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| Slab of ice on the river bank |
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| Can you spot the Ptarmigans? |
Our first school term was over by the end of January and I am pleased to say there were more successful students than I had expected. Always a nice bonus. The second term started with more enthusiasm due to result of the first term and I am hoping it will continue for the remainder of the year. Last weekend We went on a bumpy Winter Road Trip to Thompson, Manitoba using the school bus. The trip was 200km North West (the roughest ride you can ever imagine) to Gillam, and another 270km South West on a permanent gravel road to Thompson. We went there chaperoning some of our high school students attending an Aboriginal Youth Festival/Conference. It took us 6.5 hrs to finish the first 200km and another 4 hours to do the remaining 270 km. It was a fun weekend, hanging out with students attending different workshops during the day and at night sleeping in sleeping bags on a cold tiled classroom floor! Thompson is a city of about 15000 people but devoid of any character. It is simply made up of houses and big box stores acting as a hub for all the communities of the north. I dont think I'll ever want to go there again. The trip back was pretty cold as we had filled half of the bus with groceries which in turn blocked the heated air from getting to us, or so we were told.
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| The ever curious Fox |
Although it has been a relatively warm winter, we are experiencing a few very cold days. Yesterday morning was -31 with a windchill effect of mid minus forties. It was very similar this morning for our weekend adventure. But the upside of it was that we saw two large wolves! One was orange brown and the other almost black. Its funny how I always mention how large these magnificent animals are, but this time they were simply the largest ones yet! The orange wolf disappeared immediately in the woods to our left, while the black one ran ahead of us on the road, stopping once in a while to see what we were. There were finally some caribou tracks which explains the presence of the wolves. I tried to take a photo but every time we got out of the truck it would start running again. Unfortunately no photo to show for, but two happy witness to back me up this time! However I did take a few shots of wolf tracks both in shallow and deep snow.
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| My prints next to wolf's |
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| Wolves' tracks in deep snow. |
I am happy to say that I have been able to run quite regularly these days. There is 2.5 hours of daylight after work and I couldn't be happier using it for running 3-4 times a week.
Cheers!
