Well, it's been forever since I wrote... I haven't really travelled since coming back from Finland (which I never wrote about - whoops).And I have travelled, I was in St. Thomas for a week right before Christmas followed by a weekend in Calgary to see Blue Rodeo.
Anyways, Patrick's home for a week and mum has been on for a while about driving up to Whatì... so we decided to go! I took off yesterday, we packed up the truck with lunch and snacks, gassed up and off we went! We made it to Edzo and turn off to the winter road. When we scoped out the DOT website, the road was open only as far as Whatì, that's where we planned to go but the sign at the turn off indicated that the road to Gamètì was now open... the first part of the road was in great condition so once we reached the junction, the decision was easy to continue the 120km north to Gamètì and add another NWT community to my list!Just after the junction we stopped for our picnic lunch and were so intrigued by the lack of wildlife on the way. Really. We saw a grouse just after Marian Lake and that was it. Luckily us bringing that up must have convinced the animals to come out cause then we saw a bushy little red fox!
The way to north was much different than around here - really hilly! Not mountains by any means, but not flat either like the drive to Providence. I'll have to ask Tom about the storys around there. Ton of massive boulders too! I'm sure there are some great Giant Beaver explanations for them.We reached Gamètì around mid afternoon. (We had stopped a lot for photos and to change drivers), drove around the community, then headed back to make it to Whatì so Patrick and mum could add that to their list.
Sadly by the time we made it there it was dark :( so they couldn't see how pretty it is - I think Whatì is a wonderful little place after my week there.
All in all it wasn't an exciting trip to go on and on about, but it was a nice way to spend the day, and show Patrick some NWT he's so greatly missed out on. Plus I am now at 19 NWT communities. Whoo!
