I know, I know, I'm not doing my blog enough. For someone who is supposed to have all the time in the world I am finding it hard to find time for this. One reason is that my computer time is limited and busy. And it seems that we are always doing something else. Martina and I were just saying to each other that we never thought that we would be so busy out here, we brought ourselves a lot of projects, games, books, puzzles and that sort of thing and we have not done any of it yet. I know though that the cold weather is yet to come and we will have all sorts of time for that stuff!
The guys have started trapping marten now, they have been for about 2 weeks, maybe more and they are at 36. Tomorrow they are checking again, their typical day is leaving home around 8:00 am, they sometimes split up to do the run of 160 km round trip, which makes their day shorter. Arriving back here for late afternoon, and if they stick together they are back for 6 ish. Some lynx sets were also set last trip out so we will see what that brings.
We have about a foot of snow here at the lake, at the claim cabin we have easily twice that, and at the top of the mountain there is about 40". We have been working on our tobagan hill, which is awesome to say the least. And somehow it has morphed into a luge run at the bottom. It is the longest hill I have ever been on and it honestly is like a track, the GTs do the best because you can steer them through. The kids are a little afraid to do the bottom section that crosses our road and leads down to the lake. I have to admit I was too the first time, since part of the track takes you under a fallen tree! But a little coaxing and off the kids went, and yes some trips you do almost get your feet wet. We also need radios to communicate from the top to bottom and to let you know if the trail is clear!
We have also been out snowshoing, there is a mountain that is of small size I would say that is behind us. and since we moved here my husband said he wants to climb it, so that is what we are working on. Day by day we go a little further up, the kids are doing awesome, they of course like the trip down better. Sasha wants us to take her GT up there so she can come down.
We had Paul's birthday yesterday, which was nice. Tim, Martina and the kids came over and some friends from the valley sledded out too, the valley meaning the community where we get our mail. We have had to sled out to mail the last few weeks now, and the trail is quite good. It's a beautiful trip into town and I never tire of the scenery. Actually today Martina and I went in on our own for some lady time. It was valley girls meets lake girls, as we all got together to make perogies. This is something the valley girls as they started to refer themselves as, do annually, and this year they were nice enough to invite us lake girls out for the day. I think that it is safe to say that we both enjoyed ourselves, and having the day to ourselves.
We are anxiously awaiting the caribou migration, each time we talk to a local we try to get more information about it. We are wondering exactly just how many are we expecting, do they come in one big bunch or are they more spread out? The lake here is still not frozen over and some have told us that they will even swim part of the lake if its not frozen. I just can't wrap my head around the whole idea as I have never seen anything like it before other than on TV, so I look forward to it, as I'm sure we all do.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Five Solid Weeks
Thats how long we've been in without a trip to the outside. It's the longest amount of time that we have spent out here, previously it had been 2 weeks.
How is it so far? Is it what we expected? What are we thinking now?
Well so far it is going good, we have had execptional weather, have met some great people and we are spending a lot of time together as a family. We are doing pretty much what suits us on any given day.
We do have times when things are not so good, like the days when we miss our loved ones back home. Especially my 6 year old daughter, she misses her friends in school, her cousins whom she saw a lot, and she sometimes thinks that being taught school by her mom is not the greatest thing in the world. We also had a death in our immediate family 6 weeks ago that we went out for, and of course that is always on our minds. It definitely changed our perspective of things, especially about being out here and it is a totally different way of grieving for us than if we were home.
Is it what we expected? Yes and no, it has taken us some time to adjust to these ways, so to speak. Such as realizing that we can drop what we are doing (eg. a chore) and go fishing if the mood strikes us, because this is not our only day off work to fit it in. That would have been our thinking back home. We had a lot on our to do list when we arrived though, as the cabins needed some sprucing up. And at first we were nose to the grind to get it done, then as the majority of the work was completed we realized that the rest can wait. We have time to do it on a rainy day, lets go and enjoy today's sunshine. That mind set took a while to set in. As for other expectations, we have to wait for winter to actually hit, then I can tell you how those pan out.
And the last question, what are we thinking now? We are glad overall that we are here. We realize the sacrifices that we each gave up to get here and to stay here. We appreciate having our friends living right here, because to do this alone, would probably be too lonely for me and the kids. Not to mention the fact that more adults means more shared responsibilities. By this I mean if someone got hurt, we have more adults to deal with the situation. Or when they go out trapping later on when winter is in full swing, no one is out there alone dealing with the potential elements. Etc, etc.
I've often wondered if the title to this blog is appropriate, Living the Dream. Maybe I should have titled it Living our Dream, since this is obviously not everyone's ideal situation. But when I hear from people or check out facebook, and hear about all the bugs that are making everyone sick, I am glad to be here.
P.S. We also had another visitor this past week, the tooth fairy!!
How is it so far? Is it what we expected? What are we thinking now?
Well so far it is going good, we have had execptional weather, have met some great people and we are spending a lot of time together as a family. We are doing pretty much what suits us on any given day.
We do have times when things are not so good, like the days when we miss our loved ones back home. Especially my 6 year old daughter, she misses her friends in school, her cousins whom she saw a lot, and she sometimes thinks that being taught school by her mom is not the greatest thing in the world. We also had a death in our immediate family 6 weeks ago that we went out for, and of course that is always on our minds. It definitely changed our perspective of things, especially about being out here and it is a totally different way of grieving for us than if we were home.
Is it what we expected? Yes and no, it has taken us some time to adjust to these ways, so to speak. Such as realizing that we can drop what we are doing (eg. a chore) and go fishing if the mood strikes us, because this is not our only day off work to fit it in. That would have been our thinking back home. We had a lot on our to do list when we arrived though, as the cabins needed some sprucing up. And at first we were nose to the grind to get it done, then as the majority of the work was completed we realized that the rest can wait. We have time to do it on a rainy day, lets go and enjoy today's sunshine. That mind set took a while to set in. As for other expectations, we have to wait for winter to actually hit, then I can tell you how those pan out.
And the last question, what are we thinking now? We are glad overall that we are here. We realize the sacrifices that we each gave up to get here and to stay here. We appreciate having our friends living right here, because to do this alone, would probably be too lonely for me and the kids. Not to mention the fact that more adults means more shared responsibilities. By this I mean if someone got hurt, we have more adults to deal with the situation. Or when they go out trapping later on when winter is in full swing, no one is out there alone dealing with the potential elements. Etc, etc.
I've often wondered if the title to this blog is appropriate, Living the Dream. Maybe I should have titled it Living our Dream, since this is obviously not everyone's ideal situation. But when I hear from people or check out facebook, and hear about all the bugs that are making everyone sick, I am glad to be here.
P.S. We also had another visitor this past week, the tooth fairy!!
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