The terrible blogger

Yes, I haven't blogged in a while so now there is too much to tell so here's just a quick list of some things that happened:

Met up with Jody (Mac outdoor club friend) in Dawson, twas lovely!

Found out that Dawson City isn't a city

Heard some GREAT music at the Dawson City Music Festival.

Let David Suzuki into the Beer Garden of afore mentioned festival - I wanted to say "ID please" but managed not to and instead just waffled a bit about working for Earth Day Canada...and did he remember Fraser Los?

Got a ride up the Dempster highway to the "end of the road in Canada" - Inuvik, in the Arctic Circle.

Stayed with Jonathan's amazing cousin Julianne

Never went to bed (well almost never!) since it was constantly light.

Caught, filleted and ate a pike (yes I know, I said a little prayer for it though, and it was wild and free until I caught it and clubbed it) (Well okay, Jonathan's cousin Julianne did the clubbing, but I watched, very Northern experience.

Went to the Northern Arts festival, lots of Inuvialuit (Inuit community) art and some Native dancing. Lots of stuff made out of Whale, Polar Bear, Caribou, Muskoxen etcetera. Doesn't look like much gets wasted though!

Got a ride back down to Dawson and then Whitehorse in an RV - wooo hoooo!

Went to Robert Service's Cabin

Harvested some peas

Went on a 2 day training run on my bike. First day consisted of 50k to Marsh Lake campsite (unstaffed) to find that the well was closed due to arsenic. Hmmm fortunately there was a house 10k down the road who filled us up in the morning. Second day consisted of a thorough soaking arriving at the campsite just in time for my entire left pedal to fall off. Everything was soaked, especially the inside of the tent. Fortunately there was a sheltered area where a nice couple from Alaska had got a stove going so we kind of dried out a bit before bed. This morning when it became clear that there was no fixing my pedal without the missing bolt they drove me to the bicycle repair shop in Whitehorse.

Philippe fixed up the bike a treat and let us camp in his back yard bicycle graveyard inside an old school bus. Random!

Tomorrow I will set off to Christina Lake in BC to spend a few days with Jonathan's family at their cabin before the Otesha Adventure begins...

Bises,
Katherine