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High
Temperature
25
Low Temperature
8
Miles Traveled
25
Days
of Adventure Remaining
9
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Daily
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| Northern Lights are
typically best between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. But sleep is also quite good during
these hours. When should we look for the Northern Lights? Should we look at 10
p.m. And go to bed if we don't see them? Should we go to sleep early and get up
at 1 a.m. to check for Northern Lights then? Should Dave and Adam sleep in shifts?
What's your opinion?
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When
I was a little kid, I once cried during the closing minutes of my own birthday
party. When my somewhat perplexed mother asked for an explanation, I told
her the horrible truth: "Mom, I have to wait a whole year till my next birthday!" Now,
as kids pretending to be adults, Dave and I still suffer from the same basic ailment.
The clinical term for the learning adventurer's variant is called "oh-no!-holy-pickeral-Batman!-the-adventure's-almost-over-itis!" | |
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Image To EnlargeDave enjoys the steady rhythm of splitting wood at
last night's camp. The sky has been very clear, giving us a great chance to observe
the northern lights at night. | Today, we started
making our way down Cross
Lake (the lake), not to be confused with Cross Lake (the town), which is still
one day's travel away. Naturally, we don't plan to make the trip to Cross
Lake (the town) until the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow, we rest, just like we
rested yesterday. This is quite symptomatic of oh-no!-holly-pickeral-Batman-the-adventure's-almost-over-itis!.
The more we rest, the longer it will be before the adventure has concluded. A
number of factors contribute to the onset of our present condition. |
Not
to be mean-spirited, but Cross
Lake is probably not the most beautiful lake we've seen on this trip. Having
been more or less turned into a giant bog by a Manitoba Hydro dam, which lowered
the water levels of the already-shallow lake up to 10 feet, Cross Lake has begun
to reorient us to our civilization--the lake a fitting metaphor for the ugliness
of the wants and needs of our culture we sometimes try to overlook. We now
frequently share the trail with snowmobiles. Although we've enjoyed the company
of some great new friends, we realize we've emerged from the deep woods for the
last time on this adventure. The road to Norway House is well-traveled and we
likely won't have any more days of total solitude. |
Our
food bags are getting light, the days are getting longer, the zipper on my trusty
Old Navy Outlet Store down jacket is breaking--these and countless other telltale
signs incessantly remind us that the birthday party is dangerously close to ending. So
this is where we stand: we promise to do our very best to put all this nonsense
out of our heads and seek out the last bits of adventure this trip has in store
for us. We'll even try not to cry. Well, sometimes Dave wanders off and
I suspect he might be crying, but I still promise. - Adam | 
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Image To Enlarge Munchkin has been looking a little skinny lately,
so we brought her inside last night for a little R and R and an extra bowl of
food. I think she enjoyed the cozy trapper's cabin as much as we did. |
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