There are two things I can already tell you about Haida Gwaii. Number 1, the weather really is the same as Vancouver. Honestly. The only difference is that it doesn't phase people here. Case in point, my roommate M and I went on a three hour hike up a bit wet hill and had a blast (side note: my rubber pants, jacket, gloves and backpack rock!! Thanks for your input and help with shopping AMac!). M is pro at finding old growth trees to climb around in. Case in point:
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| What you can't see are the hundreds of daddy long legs behind me |
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| Tree door! |
The second thing you should know about Haida Gwaii is that it
is about 1000km north of Vancouver, which means the whole sunrise-sunset business is outrageous. I woke up at 8am this morning to darkness. No sign of a perky sunbeam. Not much better at 9am either.
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| Daylight, where are you? |
This afternoon will involve a trek to town centre and an attempt at grocery shopping that will be made more complicated by the fact that the produce truck delivers on Mondays, meaning the pickings will be slim. Lentils and rice and pasta sauce, here I come!
Two more shots of my house to finish out this post.
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| Looking from my chair to the right into the kitchen |
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| Looking straight ahead into the rest of the living area |
Feel free to leave comments if you want, it's very strange sending this stuff out into the aether and wondering if anyone's actually reading it...
Hi Cait, your place looks very cozy and I hope you will get good use of that sweet wood stove. I also really love seeing your pictures of the town and landscape. I hope your first day of class was lots of fun! A.
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