train voyage part five
monday! october 30, 8:30am
the last day of the journey.
last night we were in sioux lookout and this morning we were at hornpayne. the boreal forest seems so endless, so vast, and yet i have travelled from a place where there was no forest, from the open plains of the prairies into this new biome. this makes it seem even more magical. the black spruce, silver birch and and tamaracks are so comforting. so are the lakes rivers and muskegs. we have come into a snow fall over night. the water here is open, and all the trees are dusted. every blade of grass is coated in the thick sticky flakes of snow. i missed this kind of snow in edmonton. there the snow falls like powder, it doesn't adhere to anything.
this snow sticks. to each twig and branch, frosting the landscape. the ravens are the only wildlife to be seen right now.
last night was a much smoother ride than the night before and i slept much better.
we are running 2 1/2 hours late. we didn't make up any time overnight. i will have to try and call ni at the next station. though i don't know what to tell him, we seem to be on time, then late then on time again. i guess he will have to call via rail and check the ETA.
i have a long wonderful ontario filled day today. i might draw.
or just stare out the window at the landscape i have missed so much.
the last day of the journey.
last night we were in sioux lookout and this morning we were at hornpayne. the boreal forest seems so endless, so vast, and yet i have travelled from a place where there was no forest, from the open plains of the prairies into this new biome. this makes it seem even more magical. the black spruce, silver birch and and tamaracks are so comforting. so are the lakes rivers and muskegs. we have come into a snow fall over night. the water here is open, and all the trees are dusted. every blade of grass is coated in the thick sticky flakes of snow. i missed this kind of snow in edmonton. there the snow falls like powder, it doesn't adhere to anything.
this snow sticks. to each twig and branch, frosting the landscape. the ravens are the only wildlife to be seen right now.
last night was a much smoother ride than the night before and i slept much better.
we are running 2 1/2 hours late. we didn't make up any time overnight. i will have to try and call ni at the next station. though i don't know what to tell him, we seem to be on time, then late then on time again. i guess he will have to call via rail and check the ETA.
i have a long wonderful ontario filled day today. i might draw.
or just stare out the window at the landscape i have missed so much.