Igloo Inn Yellowknife

... go gambling in Winnipeg for a couple hours, or just hang out - depends on how we're feeling as Sherry is fighting a cold right now. Have a mere 1.5 hour wait in Calgary, so will likely grab a bite to eat (knowing how pathetic Air Canada's food selection is). If this wasn't a Western Flight Pass flight, we'd be on Canadian North in a heartbeat. Now that's an airline! Until next time, peace...

... I took some videos of the rest of Cameron Falls. <br><br>We kept driving in search of a place to stay for the night. I saw a sign that said there was supposed to be cabins at Prelude Lake campsite. We drove down the long driveway, and asked the guy in charge if they had cabins. <br><br>"Not officially, no"<br><br>"Hey, didn't I see you hiking at Cameron Falls a second ago?" <br><br>"Yep, I sure did. What are you guys doing here?"<br><br>"Looking for a cabin."<br><br>"You can come stay in ...

... designs have been welded into the zinc. Windows line the tops of the walls to allow spring light in after a long dark winter, they have been sandblasted to represent different areas of the north and different seasons/melting stages. Below those sunlight windows are office windows, allowing viewing spaces for TV and newspaper media as well as translators for various aboriginal languagues. In the ...

... So the play was pretty fun, they put on that one about the assassin in the Pigman, an excerpt from "Squirrels" and another hilarious one about the Teddy Bears' Picnic. "All the bears that ever there was?" "Yes, even the undead bears!" At one point during Squirrels, the actress referenced the fairy tale about elves and the shoemaker that totally cracked us up. Apparently, we were the only ones to get the joke. Afterwards, an old man turns ...

... from Yamal Nenets lunged for the line and I certainly wasn't going to call the winners. Luckily they have a video being shot so they used it to decide. Both Cheryl and I have been going from 8 in the morning until 6 at night. Being retired we're not used to the pace :) I know,I know, suck it up Hugh! We're not getting out to see any other events but we did see some dog races out on Back Bay durning a break after todays races.

... through some legal work that I am doing. After that, in March through June I will be in Papua New Guinea (yes...you got that right) doing some engineering work. I can't wait. And after that? Hmmm...I have some thoughts... Soooo...more blogs to come in the year ahead. Again...Merry Christmas/Feliz Navidad to you all/a todos Uds. Take good care, Miguelito en transito

... a look at Tombstone Mountain Campground and was pleasantly surprised at its orderly neat appearance. Besides the roomy and private camp sites, it was equipped with an interpretive center and a food cache. This is a bear proof gallows-like structure made of tubular steel to hang food packs out of harms way to be used by travelers who did not arrive by car. The superb drive to this point only emboldened me. I could only think of one thing, and that was to ...

... First Nations people. It was established in 1822 when the Hudson Bay Company opened a fur trading post at this location and named it after one of their chief representatives in North America - Sir George Simpson. The Nahanni Inn is the only full-service hotel in town while the Deh Cho Inn provides tourist home accommodations. Also located within minutes of the town centre is Fort Simpson Territorial Park with 32 campsites starting at $15 ...

... br>The format for this entry is as follows: I start with photos from the start of my trip, and end it with photos of the end of my trip seven months later.<br><br>To mix it up a little bit, I've included several photo collages. Here and there I also place photos from the beginning of my trip together with photos from the end. You'll see how it works as you go along.<br><br ...

For those of you who've been waiting to read about some real adventure on this roadtrip of ours, fasten your seatbelts because here it is: We hung out in Yellowknife for a bit over a week in hopes that Chuck would be able to make arrangements for us to charter a Beaver float plane. We were thrilled to find out that a plane would be available for the weekend, and we would go for a Saturday night camp out in the bush. We were joined by Karen (Chuck's fiancee) and Hooman ...