Kyle Thomas

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I go camping in -40ºC

In my mind going out o the cabin is like going on a mini vacation. I go out there to relax and get away from city live. However when I return home and move around I feel exhausted and sore.

Bushman Self

Going out to the cabin is a lot of fun and I enjoy every minute of it but I forget how much effort it takes to get out there and stay out there. First there was getting everything I needed while out there, food, supplies, camera gear. It all adds up and then I need to strap it to my komatik. Then I have to get the sled going to get out to the cabin. That was the easy part.

-40ºC in the North

This was probably the first fire in the cabin all winter, so it took a couple hours to heat up to a decent temperature. And while I thought I was going to have tons of time to do some writing it seems like the time just flew by. Cut more firewood, fixed some insolation issues, laid down some carpet and then it is dinner time. Steak and potatoes.

I had not looked a the weather to closely for the weekend other than to see if it was going to be clear. I was hoping to get some photos of the Aurora, but it got cold and my camera crapped out. When I woke this morning it was -40ºC, the coldest night so far this winter. Thankfully I had keep the fire going all night so the cold was kept at bay.

-40ºC in the North

The tricky task about getting back to town was actually getting the snowmobile started. It was a giant ice brick. The pull cord was completely frozen and would not moved at first. After some gentles tugs it started to moved and then after a good 100 pulls the motor finally turned over. After letting the sled idle for 30 mins it moved but it was still a rock. The seat and suspension were hard as concrete and having to drive over the drifts on Great Slave Lake I’m a little sore now.

-40ºC in the North

A very enjoyable weekend.

Out to the Cabin

On boxing day, after my adventure in Walmart, two friends and I went out to a cabin up the Ingraham Trail here in Yellowknife. The cabin is owned by the Yellowknife Scouts, which we were once all a part of and still have a hand in in someway.

Although we only went for one night it was nice to get out of town and just relax. I’d like to say I was able to get away from the distractions of the Internet and technology but upon arriving at the cabin I found the I had full cell service on my iPhone. I was very shock, and well, pleased. We came to the conclusion that whoever deals with the cell network area, whether Bell or NorthweTel, put up another repeater around Prelude Lake, which is near by to where we were.

I took my small camera just for kicks and to give you all a sense of where I was.

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Dry Patch

Its been a couple days since I lasted post anything, that’s not to say I didn’t have anything to post but I just didn’t find that time. Friday evening was our Christmas party with our family and Randy and Leslie’s, which was a lot of fun. We did a gift exchange and I received a awesome duct tape wallet kit from Randy. It was pretty advanced for duct tape.  I will have to get some pictures of it. We played some games and eat some food and just had a good time. On Saturday I got to sleep in which was nice as it was the only day off that I actually did. As soon as I got up, which was probably around 11am, Dad asked me if I wanted to go for a ride out to the cabin. So off we went at around 12pm, we arrived at the cabin about 12:20pm and had a quick stay there before heading out again. We just ventured around the area looking for dead fall to cut up and use for firewood. We got home and I took it easy for the rest of the night, and watched a Christmas movie with mom and made some very good fudge. Sunday I was up much earlier and outside taking the truck apart trying to find the problem causing the clunking noise coming from the front end. No such luck. The rest of the day I went Christmas shopping and got nothing, I’m not very good at that whole thing. Now I’m at work, sitting here. Here’s something to think about” I will be up for 24 hour all day on the shortest day of the year”.

Dry Patch
Dry Patch

Home to Home

We got out to the cabin today for cleaning. We got there at about 12:30 and got a fire going right away. The cabin warmed up very quickly dispite the fast it was -39*C outside.  Our goal was to clean the inside and set out mouse poison. As I found the hole the mice created I would shove poison in them and then board them up so hopefully we can fix the mouse problem. There was a lot of crap out there and garbage and it took us a couple hours to get completely clean and just as it was getting dark we had it done. Of course there was time in there to have lunch, which scot so proffensionally cooked ontop of the stove. Here is a link to all the picture of the day Flickr Photos

Day at the Cabin