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Today, I ended up driving most of the total distance that the rental van can travel, as it's restricted to only certain roads. That's because I drove out the one highway out of town twice.
( Trip 1 )
The road between Churchill and the Rocket Range is gravel, but is excellent quality, and I could drive at up to 80 km/h, so the trip back to town was much faster than the drive out. Lisa and I then went off on our own own.
( Cape Merry and Return to the Rockets )
From one end to the other, we then returned to Churchill, then out past the airport and to the SpacePort again.
( One More Time )
No more pictures because they would just repeat what I'd done earlier in the day. We returned to the Beluga Beach House. The van cost $600 (plus fuel) to rent, but I guess we've gotten our money's worth. Instead of joining package tours, we went to many of the places that we might have visited on those tours, but on our schedule. Also, as the rental is for three days, we can put our luggage in it to store tomorrow. There's another group coming in tomorrow on the train at 9 AM, and while our check out time is 11 AM, the owner would really like it if we could move out sooner so they can "turn" the house for the next occupants. The rental company will come retrieve the van from the train station after we leave at 7:30 PM for the 45-hour trip back to Winnipeg. The other members of our group are going to take a Beluga-watching trip, while Lisa and I go see some of the things they did on the first day while we were riding helicopters and such.
Our whole group ate at the Tundra Inn and Pub this evening. I ordered the elk meatloaf while Lisa ordered wild boar bangers & mash. When they arrived, we ended up splitting our mains and having both, and they were both excellent.
We have most of one full day left here tomorrow, but because of the early check out, I don't expect to be back online much, nor do I expect to post another journal entry, until late Monday at the least. However, at the risk of burying the lede, I have what appears to be good news about the Astro. I called the shop in Winnipeg this afternoon and the mechanic says that the minivan air conditioning is fixed and we can collect it when we get back. If we get back on time, we'll take a taxi to the shop and get the van right away; otherwise, I will get it on Tuesday morning.
( Trip 1 )
The road between Churchill and the Rocket Range is gravel, but is excellent quality, and I could drive at up to 80 km/h, so the trip back to town was much faster than the drive out. Lisa and I then went off on our own own.
( Cape Merry and Return to the Rockets )
From one end to the other, we then returned to Churchill, then out past the airport and to the SpacePort again.
( One More Time )
No more pictures because they would just repeat what I'd done earlier in the day. We returned to the Beluga Beach House. The van cost $600 (plus fuel) to rent, but I guess we've gotten our money's worth. Instead of joining package tours, we went to many of the places that we might have visited on those tours, but on our schedule. Also, as the rental is for three days, we can put our luggage in it to store tomorrow. There's another group coming in tomorrow on the train at 9 AM, and while our check out time is 11 AM, the owner would really like it if we could move out sooner so they can "turn" the house for the next occupants. The rental company will come retrieve the van from the train station after we leave at 7:30 PM for the 45-hour trip back to Winnipeg. The other members of our group are going to take a Beluga-watching trip, while Lisa and I go see some of the things they did on the first day while we were riding helicopters and such.
Our whole group ate at the Tundra Inn and Pub this evening. I ordered the elk meatloaf while Lisa ordered wild boar bangers & mash. When they arrived, we ended up splitting our mains and having both, and they were both excellent.
We have most of one full day left here tomorrow, but because of the early check out, I don't expect to be back online much, nor do I expect to post another journal entry, until late Monday at the least. However, at the risk of burying the lede, I have what appears to be good news about the Astro. I called the shop in Winnipeg this afternoon and the mechanic says that the minivan air conditioning is fixed and we can collect it when we get back. If we get back on time, we'll take a taxi to the shop and get the van right away; otherwise, I will get it on Tuesday morning.
