The day started off slowly because Beth is working on a manuscript about ancient polar bears that needs to be written. As she said, it was due 6 months ago, but she had a baby 6 months ago, so there. We said goodbye to Grant, as he is headed back to Whitehorse, and left for Dominion Creek.
The monitor was on full power when we arrived but Laurie and Mark were taking an early lunch. Slim Jim was also having a snack, and it turns out she likes nachos. Strange but funny. The guys started work again and Beth asked if we could monitor for them until Sandy arrived. The monitor is so cool! It is really powerful and when you are in charge of it and blasting away at the permafrost it leaves you quite giddy.
Unfortunately it was not a good bone day. It also poured on us for a while and then was freezing. I was able to successfully use my new muck boots and feel as though they are quite broken in. They were great. It was nice to be able to just walk across the water rather than trying to jump or walk a mile to find a place to cross.
After dinner we walked into town and were debating between ice cream or beer, until Fabrice said “Well, I’m just going to do both.” So most of us did have both. I couldn’t help but think how nerdy some of the conversations that I overheard tonight were. For sure.
And now, a competition. I just want to keep people entertained while following this blog. What I am proposing are various “Name this bone and animal” competitions. Not too difficult. I will put up pictures of the bone like the two above, and the first person who leaves the correct answer of what kind of bone and what animal it is from will win something exciting from the Yukon. If you do not live in NM, I will send you something! Good luck!! (hint: for the animals, I have talked about what kind of things we are finding in previous posts)
Tomorrow is Canada, Beth’s last day, and Paul’s (a soil scientist) first day.
Cheers!
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