Chateau Nova Hotels & Suites Yellowknife

... above a dance bar (actually look above and below the room you're in) - make your luggage very identifiable so that no one thinks your bag is theirs (this is what we thought happened to our big bag the second time; at customs) - distribute all NECESSARY items in all bags so that if one bag gets lost, at least you have some in other bags (ie. Baby clothes) - bring plenty of Tylenol/ibuprofen (we actually did this, so yippee) Done and done! WE DID IT! Bring on Mexico we says!

... just miss it and have to wait for it to cross and then return. Once across the Laird River it is a further 15km into Fort Simpson, which lies on the junction between the Laird and Mackenzie Rivers. The town of Fort Simpson is fairly small considering it is the main service centre for several hundred miles in all directions. There is one main street, with approx half a dozen shops. The side roads are where the residents of Fort ...

Today was the day to pack up our campsite and hit the road!<br><br>Keith made some hot chocolate, because it was a little bit cool this morning, and after that he went for a shower while I headed down to the front of the park to reserve a rental car. This is quite the journey, so I try not to do it very much. The thing about Yellowknife is that some cell phone companies don't provide coverage there. One of them happens to be Rogers, which is the phone that Keith has. So we had to walk ...

It was unbelievably hot in Yellowknife, NWT this morning. I woke up to the sound of a little animal rustling around in some plastic bags. No way! A squirrel was eating the trail mix I had so carefully prepared before leaving. An entire bag of chocolate, cereal, raisins and more, gone to the squirrel... *sigh* There was not much food to make for breakfast after that. Keith ate dry bagels and sardines. He loved it. He relished it with wild ...

... disarray (the organized part from the cleaner, the disarray from the contract painters). Books everywhere, furniture not in the right place, and my kitchen table covered with this and that. This is what I had come home to after a year away! Anyway Catherine had brought me a 'goodie bag' of food so we had tea, then went out to dinner and to a COSY (Classics on Stage Yellowknife) and it was a lovely end to the day. Sunday I met friends for brunch and got ...

... of a mind game. I set various destinations for myself, only to arrive there and then decide to carry on to the next point along the road. Frequently mentioned turn around points would have been Tombstone Campground, the Ogilvie Mountain Ridge Rest Area, Eagle Plains, and the Arctic Circle. A counterweight to this "piece meal" approach to the Dempster Highway were the words of an Edmonton trucker who seemed to think that there was no problem at all in ...

... Airways is an important means of getting into Nahanni National Park Reserve with the Otter aircraft being able to carry up to 17 passengers and equipment. My final stop was at the Tourist Office where a young employee was waiting for someone to bring the key to open the office. In the ensuing wait there was time to talk about the community. As a retired (occasional) high school teacher I was especially interested in the local high school ...

... et on a traversé le lac gelé pour aller jusqu'à la "vieille" ville où on a finit dans un bistro/resto de pêcheurs réputé ici (pas traditionnel comme on pourrait l'imaginer mais couvert de photos de jeunes touristes un peu fous, de blagues (du genre "Personne n'est parfait... je suis Personne") et tenu par des lesbiennes... toute une expérience) Après retour énergique pour braver la température et livraison de mes boulos pour demain matin ...

Monday January 16, 2006 PHEW.....we made it, and Canada never looked so GOOD!! Our flight left Cozumel at 12:45pm on Friday January 13th, we arrived in Houston and changed our flight home since we knew we would miss the rest of our flights cause we had to go through US customs.....so after a 5 hour lay-over we hopped on the flight to Edmonton and arrived at 12 ...