Monday, June 15, 2009

Graham and I were both off Monday and Tuesday to spend the day with Mom and Dad. We started things off with a wonderful breakfast of homemade crêpes. The produce man was in town so we were able to stock up on fresh fruit. Not that it’s not in the grocery stores here, but he’s fresher and cheaper. (Graham, insert smart comment here.) Chocolate and banana crêpes, blueberry and strawberry crêpes, and kiwi on the side…my mouth is watering now.

Our homemade breakfast of champions

To work off this amazing treat, we set out to walk around the Boot Lake Trail nearby. It was overcast day, but no rain yet. The trail was pretty muddy and flooded in some parts but we made it by. A few detours were needed. Partway through, it did start to rain but, coincidentally, we walked by a makeshift tepee just off the trail. We ducked into that for the few minutes it rained.

Dad, Mom & Jen in tepee

If someone were watching us we may have sounded a little crazy, but with it being bear season we had to keep making noise. Our skills must have worked because we didn’t see any on our walk.

Birds' nest on Boot Lake Trail

They got to see the cemetery. There are very few grave markers made of stone. Simple, wooden crosses make up the majority. It’s not very big since the town hasn’t been around for too long.

Inuvik Cemetery

Cranberry bushes growing in stump

The trail can be walked in under an hour but we took almost three hours. I could embellish on the birds’ nest and ravens that we saw but, honestly, it was because bottles and cans are worth 10 cents a piece and alcohol 25 cents! We couldn’t walk by them – the guilt was too much.

Boot Lake Trail

I’m telling you, one could live off of bottles and cans up here. We’ve made 100’s off of them since February.

Dad & Mom with our loot

Jen