No, I'm not talking about Rory. Although, the last that I heard, he only made it as far as Montreal today, and won't get home until tomorrow. I'm still waiting for confirmation about that. Typical of travel in the north, that the same trip, with the same itinerary that I did in one day two weeks ago, would take someone three days to do this week.
My favourite carver Maly hadn't been heard from since Saturday, and they sent out a search party for him this morning. This is the first time here, and our third time overall (in the Arctic) that we've seen the locals send out a search party. It actually only took them four or five hours to find him, and I don't have all of the details, but apparently he's just fine. Just fine?! He was out there for 48 hours, the windchill was -48 today, and he was all by himself. Obviously, the fact that he's from here and has undoubtedly done something like this before, was on his side. I just can't imagine being stuck for 48 in minus 48 temperatures.
We still don't have confirmation about our vacation time, but we're busy planning out several different scenarios as to where we might go. We know that it will be somewhere hot, but it's still up in the air as to whether it will be a cruise or a resort. There's obviously pros and cons to each. The point of the cruise is to see multiple spots in one trip. The point of the resort is to just be motionless and relax. It's not that you can't relax on a cruise, it's just that it would be mandatory to take in a little more activity. We don't have much time to decide, should our timeline be approved.
Stay tuned.
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