Back in Yellowknife

I left foggy Edmonton today and said goodbye to the family and Bailey and landed in sunny gorgeous Yellowknife this morning.

The first thing on our agenda was to cram for our Supervisor certification exam. A BIG manual on lots of stuff to do with underground mining. Considering that I have never been in an underground mine, I had a bit of a rough time with the terminology. BUT, we passed. Thank goodness.

We went for supper in Old Town, which is a pretty quaint part of Yellowknife. There are lots of gorgeous houses overlooking the lake and today because of the great weather there were a lot of people taking advantage of the lake:


Another neat thing about Yellowknife is the fact that there are a lot of houseboats in the bay. They are REALLY brightly coloured, and so darned cute. The thing is, it's a lot of work getting back and forth between them and shore, especially during freeze up and break up. I have friends that live (or lived) in houseboats in the bay and there are more than a few stories of dumping canoes in the half-frozen lake on the 'daily commute'.

We had an awesome dinner and then took a stroll around town to try and see some of the sights (and the rocks, who would have guessed...). I saw a ton of ducks (canvasbacks, methinks) in the ponds around town plus we saw the headframe of the big Con Mine, a old gold mine right in Yellowknife.


So tomorrow afternoon we fly to Norman Wells and stay the night. Then off to camp - finally! I'm excited to get into camp, where I don't have to cart my huge amount of stuff around for a couple of months. I'm excited to go to someplace new, I've not seen the sights of Norman Wells. I hear it's the Paris of the NWT...really!

Take care everyone!
Mel