Hello all... Fun thread! I remember returning to Montreal after a summer spent in an Inuit seal-hunting camp and realising I was walking along one of the main streets looking for a suitable place to relieve myself where I would be free of the sled dogs... Oops! No sled dogs in Montreal... One of the small but important benefits of civilization. When kayaking solo in the arctic a few years ago I really wondered how I would enjoy being alone. Each day got better and better. I didn't want it to end. One evening I began looking for a camp site and picked a point up ahead as a possible stopping place. As I rounded the point I saw my spot already taken by a family out at their fishing camp. I was totally stunned to see them and just sat there looking at actual people. They had seen me first and were waving me in, but I realised my thrill of being solo was over and found it hard to join them. I was so surprised at my feelings. Their warm tea and bannock not to mention northern hospitality soon had me back to normal, but the thrill of going solo or in small groups has become important to me ever since. Michael Bradley Hatley Village, Quebec *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Apr 20 2000 - 14:16:38 PDT
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