Blogs from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America - page 4

After a night of celebrating Christine's birthday (Mel's friend) at 2 local pubs...the Black Knight and Twist, headed home for a night of sleep and not getting up to pack up for another driving day! Today, was some relaxing and a tour of Old Yellowknife! Mel gave us (Otis came as well) a walking tour of Old Yellowknife, where people first settled! Beautiful! I love the houseboats on the water...bright colours. They canoe in during the spring/summer and drive on the ice road in the winter. There is a time each spring, where the ice is too soft, the folks who live in the houseboats will stay in town! It is amazing, most of the houses don't have basements, because the rock has to be blasted. The house Nigel and Mel live in...is built on rocks! ... read more

Hi everyone, happy new year. Sorry for not writing in so long. Things have been a little bit crazy. Over Christmas holidays Dakotah and I travelled back to Kamloops for two weeks of visiting. We had fantastic visits with our friends and Family making trips out to Salmon arm, ice fishing, Clearwater for Church one Sunday and New years eve. But this trip also ended up being a trip of discovery. As I learned that Tim and I will not be planning a wedding anymore. It was a tough holiday season but I know that with God's leading I will be alright So now instead of spending money on dresses and dreaming about our life together I am searching for a good vacation spot for Dakotah and I. And potentially planning for staying here in Yellowknife ... read more

Well, My week. I went out to Edmonton Monday night for a Job interview Tuesday Morning. I spent some great time with my friend Sue. It was fantastic to meet her wonderful little boy. The interview went well and Sue and I did some shopping in the Big City. I flew Canadian North Airlines, What a fantastic service. You get a real meal and when they serve drinks you they give you a whole can of pop. I wasn’t too excited about sitting on the runway for an hour on the way home though. Initially it was because we were waiting for a part to take up to Yellowknife, then there was a dent on the wing that had to be assessed. Everything was ok and we flew away an hour late. Wednesday and Thursday I ... read more

Light rain. Fog. Nippy. Location:Yellowknife Temperature:5 °C Comfort level:-8 °C Dew point:4 °C Barometer:1000 millibars Humidity:93% Visibility:5 km Wind:41 km/h from 240° Southwest by west Last update:Tue 8:00 AM MDT Light rain. Fog. Nippy. is not how I would describe the weather here today!. It is miserable. It feels like the temperature and moisture of a Vancouver Rain Storm in December. But add to that a gale force wind. I can hear the sideways rain pounding on the side of our office building, feel the walls shake and see the trees bend over with the wind that howls around the corner of the building. Boy, I feel sorry for those folks living on houseboats today on the Great Slave Lake. Its supposed to turn to snow in the afternoon and repeat this each day here until ... read more

This week Its funny that the main thing I have the urge to talk about is my walks to work in the morning. It was rainy and cold here almost all week. It warmed up to 4 degrees Celsius this afternoon. There are digital signs up on the street that tell you temperature. Yay. The school board sign also shows the day of the week in English, French and one of the Native languages here. I haven’t figured out what language it is yet. The puddles on the road were frozen solid on Monday morning but in many ways it reminded me of Kamloops with the clear, bright, blue sky and crisp dry air. But, then it turned into drizzly, cold weather again, not frozen but cold and damp. I get a real work out walking ... read more