We caught a taxi into town this morning with a list of stuff we had to get organized before flying out tomorrow. When we are on camp, we are remote in that the nearest shop is 350km away and our mobile phones will not have coverage. So we had to make sure that we had everything we needed. We had to stop at the post office and send home some paperwork that we had collected along the way, cards and other bits and pieces. We then had to buy the important stuff (chocolate) to take with us. Nothing worse than having a craving and not being able to get any!!
We then went to Quinn – The Eskimo where Dan stocked up on his winter clothes. He bought some very gay looking white snow boots, big gloves (in winter they may have to check rigs in the middle of night when it is minus 30), massive coat and pants and rain proof jacket and pants and a huge duffel bag to throw it all in. Once it is at camp, it will stay there as it is unlikely we will need such heavy winter gear outside of this area. As we’re not 100% sure of my plans over winter, we didn’t purchase anything other than some more heavy duty thermals and gloves for me.
We then went to a massive outdoor store that sold EVERYTHING a man might need. Guns, target practice fake animals, fishing, hunting. All of that stuff. There were stuffed dead animals including a polar bear in the store. Dan bought himself a new fly reel and flies to do some fly fishing including a small new rod for me. When we were at the cashier a man just walked into the store with his massive gun under his arm to buy ammunition I’m guessing. We thought it was highly amusing because is he had done that at home everyone would of thought it was an armed holdup. No one batted an eyelash in this store. 
We dropped our bags of purchases back at the hotel where I stayed and Dan went out to conduct a lab audit for a few hours. When we came back we went over to the bottle shop and bought a couple of bottles to take up on site. The bottle of red wine is “the prize” when I get through four weeks of no drinking (if it lasts that long).
Later that evening we had dinner and met up with Dan and Duzza who worked up on site when Dan was there for his last stint. We toasted to our last drinks and made it to bed around midnight. We have to be up at 5.15 am to catch our flight tomorrow morning…
We are off to Raven Camp in Northern Saskatchewan tomorrow. Our last flight for a little while. Apart from our flights to both get to Toronto we worked out we have taken 10 flights in a month!! I think we’ll both be glad to have a break from flying! A number of people have noticed that Dan has gone MIA from blogging for a little while and I’ve been updating. Don’t worry, he’ll be back soon!
We then went to Quinn – The Eskimo where Dan stocked up on his winter clothes. He bought some very gay looking white snow boots, big gloves (in winter they may have to check rigs in the middle of night when it is minus 30), massive coat and pants and rain proof jacket and pants and a huge duffel bag to throw it all in. Once it is at camp, it will stay there as it is unlikely we will need such heavy winter gear outside of this area. As we’re not 100% sure of my plans over winter, we didn’t purchase anything other than some more heavy duty thermals and gloves for me.
We then went to a massive outdoor store that sold EVERYTHING a man might need. Guns, target practice fake animals, fishing, hunting. All of that stuff. There were stuffed dead animals including a polar bear in the store. Dan bought himself a new fly reel and flies to do some fly fishing including a small new rod for me. When we were at the cashier a man just walked into the store with his massive gun under his arm to buy ammunition I’m guessing. We thought it was highly amusing because is he had done that at home everyone would of thought it was an armed holdup. No one batted an eyelash in this store. We dropped our bags of purchases back at the hotel where I stayed and Dan went out to conduct a lab audit for a few hours. When we came back we went over to the bottle shop and bought a couple of bottles to take up on site. The bottle of red wine is “the prize” when I get through four weeks of no drinking (if it lasts that long).Later that evening we had dinner and met up with Dan and Duzza who worked up on site when Dan was there for his last stint. We toasted to our last drinks and made it to bed around midnight. We have to be up at 5.15 am to catch our flight tomorrow morning…
We are off to Raven Camp in Northern Saskatchewan tomorrow. Our last flight for a little while. Apart from our flights to both get to Toronto we worked out we have taken 10 flights in a month!! I think we’ll both be glad to have a break from flying! A number of people have noticed that Dan has gone MIA from blogging for a little while and I’ve been updating. Don’t worry, he’ll be back soon!
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