At my new fave haunt, Union Station. (Hey - at least there's wireless connection!). Apparently my train is set to leave for Churchill a couple of hours late, which i've come to understand on this northern run is actually pretty good. (The one coming in yesterday was about ten hours late). The trip takes two full days and ends beyond the treeline on Hudson Bay. I visited the Manitoba Museum yesterday and was reading about the laying of the rails - a huge feat that involved thousands of men negotiating such difficulties as the permafrost and boglands, the ancient rock of the Canadian shield, the climate and a wrong-headed plan to conclude the rail at a site other than the present one. We've had some heavy rain here, and I noticed just now on Wikipedia that rains in northern Manitoba in 2005 washed out the tracks for about a week. Let's hope there's no repeat of that!
Really, I feel so excited to be a part of such different landscapes. I've loved learning about the ecosystems up this way in local museums; the mixed forests, the boreal forests, the tundra, the grasslands, and the plants and animals inhabiting each. What sticks in my mind is the fragility, the delicate balance in each and the interconnectedness of it all. That, and I'm fascinated by taxidermy.
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