Dettah

59 degrees fahrenheit

Okay friends, here are my exciting travel plans:

Day 1 (Wednesday): Yellowknife to High Level, Alberta, stop in Hay River to see the waterfall (2nd highest waterfall in North America, I’m told).  Get picture taken in front of 60th parallel sign.

Day 2 (Thursday): High Level to Cold Lake, Alberta.

Day 3 (Friday): Present paper at Athabaskan conference.

Day 4 (Saturday): More Athabaskan conference.

Day 5 (Sunday): Cold Lake, Alberta to Estevan, Saskatchewan.

Day 6 (Monday): Estevan to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The thing which sucketh is that the days get shorter as you go south.  So for example right now it’s 11:35pm and there’s a lovely pink and orange glow from the sunset, but in Minnesota it’s been dark for hours.  On the other hand, here you can easily go 4 hours between gas stations whereas down south there’s virtually one every exit.  Also note that Minnesota is now considered “down south”.  Although some people here actually say “up south” and “down north”.  Go figure.