How I MISS the long summer nights of Canada! Nothing beats them...except being in Alaska, when it's light ALL NIGHT! There doesn't seem like an "excuse" to need to go to bed when that's going on! ;-)
Never been to Alaska, but spent part of a winter in the central Yukon just next to it, and it was C-O-L-D !
And I spent most of one summer up in the NWT at Chesterfield Inlet, and you're right about not needing an excuse to go to bed. The kids would be outside playing at 2:00 A.M. and for them that was normal.
Because of the long daylight, the plants grew and matured very fast, and wild flowers would seem to suddenly appear, bloom, and turn to seed all in about six weeks or so. The houses all had 'blackout' drapes to darken the bedrooms for sleeping, and we needed them.
Thousands of snow geese nested on the tundra near the village, and it was when I saw them getting ready to head south that I decided that I was just as smart as a snow goose, and did likewise. It was an interesting place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. So much for the land of the midnight sun.
Did I mention? In the short summer up in the far north, there's black flies literally in clouds about a foot or so above the moss or grass, and when they smell blood, look out!
Two of them almost carried me off, but then one asked the other if they should eat me here or take me back to the swamp. The other said they'd better do it here or else the big ones would get me......
How I MISS the long summer nights of Canada! Nothing beats them...except being in Alaska, when it's light ALL NIGHT! There doesn't seem like an "excuse" to need to go to bed when that's going on! ;-)
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ReplyDeleteNever been to Alaska, but spent part of a winter in the central Yukon just next to it, and it was C-O-L-D !
And I spent most of one summer up in the NWT at Chesterfield Inlet, and you're right about not needing an excuse to go to bed. The kids would be outside playing at 2:00 A.M. and for them that was normal.
Because of the long daylight, the plants grew and matured very fast, and wild flowers would seem to suddenly appear, bloom, and turn to seed all in about six weeks or so.
The houses all had 'blackout' drapes to darken the bedrooms for sleeping, and we needed them.
Thousands of snow geese nested on the tundra near the village, and it was when I saw them getting ready to head south that I decided that I was just as smart as a snow goose, and did likewise. It was an interesting place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. So much for the land of the midnight sun.
"Never been to Alaska"
ReplyDeleteOh, you should go! Ride your bike up, this summer! :-D It's a really wonderful place! I think that you would really enjoy it!
NWT does sound interesting but...as with Alaska, I don't think I'd ever want to even endure one winter, there! No, no, NO thank you! :-/
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ReplyDeleteDid I mention? In the short summer up in the far north, there's black flies literally in clouds about a foot or so above the moss or grass, and when they smell blood, look out!
Two of them almost carried me off, but then one asked the other if they
should eat me here or take me back to the swamp. The other said they'd better do it here or else the big ones would get me......
You're funny, Ray! lol! I'm trying to remember if it was the mosquitoes in Alberta that they always joked about being the size of a hummingbird?! :-/
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