skip to main | skip to sidebar

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Fishing derby, elders dinner and around town

Hi, we hope you are all well! It's been a week or so since our last post. We've been on the go. Steve's mom Char is still here - she's enjoying her stay & we're enjoying having her stay with us. We've been cruising around town; we went to the fishing derby on Victoria Day (Char rode the qamotik out there, there was a great turn out, lots of families showed up with their qamotiks with family boxes on them, a woman was wearing a beautiful caribou hide amouti [traditional baby carrying jacket], Joanasie showed up with his 12-dog sled dog team [he & his team got 2nd in the Nunavut Quest a few weeks ago]); a crew of us went to the floe edge (there's a photo of Char & I out there & of our tea/coffee break or "mug up" as the Newfoundlanders like to call it); we've been out to visit our friend Maren's sled dogs; we went to a dinner and game event in honor of the elders in town, which was so fun, what a great time (Hillary donned a traditional caribou hide parka, man are they warm). Steve's dad Big Steve (aka. PapaGio, Bapa Hubba) got here yesterday & we're heading out ice-fishing in a few minutes. More soon!


















Posted by Hillary & Steve at 8:35 AM

1 comment:

Unknown said...

i love these pictures of the fishing derby! still looks cold... i'll be back in less than a week...

May 26, 2009 at 7:38 PM

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Family Robison Van Slyke

Welcome :) In this blog we'll keep you posted on our lives in the Arctic and our adventures with baby Chase. We'll do our best to post updates and photos in a somewhat timely manner.

Blog Archive

  • ▼  2009 (9)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ▼  May (2)
      • Fishing derby, elders dinner and around town
      • Floe edge, mom in town, and happenings
    • ►  March (1)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (3)
  • ►  2008 (12)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  June (4)

Family Robison Van Slyke

Hillary & Steve
Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada
View my complete profile