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Time to get my ass back to work.Off to Nunavut on monday,fly out of Calgary and overnight at Winnipeg monday night,then fly north eventually going to a float plane and then chopper to get to the camp(tent camp) north of Baker lake,tip of the hudsons bay and then north some.It's a 6 week job and I will be training some of the natives on the machinery. Were building a tank farm and a landing strip,looks like good fishing with every cast getting you a 2 pounder and the natives will take you out after work. 15 pounders are common and most are released. No cel service or net,plus its dry and a bottle of whiskey will go for about $150.00.


No trees though,not a one.

Should go buy up a bunch of bug spray and get another Hudson Bay wool blanket.


I swore at one time I would never go back to the territories,now i'm looking forward to it,like a 6 week camping trip. I was told to bring lots of smokes also.

Any tips from the other bushwackers out there? Christ,they even told me to bring my fishing rod,I'm just wondering if I can bring toothpaste,6 weeks is a long time to go without brushing the teeth.

Good money,will be able to take the winter off if I want after this.

   

Watch out for the Polar Bears, Ziggy... remember, you ARE on their food chain lol

   

No guns allowed! Should be interesting,tent camp on the permafrost. Still trying to figure out exactly where I'm going,dont get my intinerary for 2 more hours. Think its way the fack up nowhere,but south of repulse bay.

   

Good Luck!

I'll miss all the CT bashing, and tin-foil hat jokes from you though.

Oh well, I'm sure someone here will step into your shoes once you've left.

Cheers!

   

Sounds like Muncie, Indiana.... sans the bears.... and (sobs) booze.... lol

   

They may have sat net and wi fi hooked up,Not sure if I should even bother dragging my laptop with me. Couple weeks bunking with the natives and I may have to break out my moccaskins.

   

See you soon, Ziggy

   

I'd say have fun, but I don't know if you can up there. TTYL!

   

Not leaving untill maybe monday afternoon,something to do with security measures now.
I get to stay in Winnipeg tomm.!!!! whoo hoo,my birth place.

Now I have to go buy some oilpatch rubber boots(as mine have holes) and a few blankets.She's a tent camp,was told it wasnt a gravey train before I accepted. The permafrost is melted right now,in a few months things will be shut down for the winter.

   

when I'm sunning by my pool I'll think of you while I hoist a frosty one... lol

   

I was thinking a guy could get some nice pics but there's nothing to photograph up there unless a polar bear chomps down on your bunky's.

   

The trucks going in the garage for a month or two. Dont want to pay for that pay n park at the airport. I'll get a ride to the airport. Time to go have a couple of cold Corons at my buds shop. Sweet thing is the hotel at the winnipeg airport,there treating me good. Just another adventure. No newfies though,just natives.

   

Have fun Ziggy. And hey, since when does a good ole Alberta boy need permission to bring his gun?

   

Zigismund!

Well, whatever you need to do for kicks. Good luck, and don't look down on all of us.


(By the way, baking soda makes a fine toothpaste. ---They used to have powders before paste anyway. Just don't get carried away with it on your gums. Costs almost nothing, and the cap never falls off in your luggage.)

   

Have fun if ya can!

   

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