Kathy's diary Baker Lake May 1998

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TUES MAY 26, 1998 Stayed up til 3:00 AM carefully packing the exhibit & heaving clothes into my suitcase. Blasted out to the taxi in my socks leaving behind my hairbrush, a half-eaten bowl of Cheerios, an unswept kitchen floor and an un-hugged Rose who had fled to the safety of the curtains when the taxi driver rang the bell. Worst of all, I left behind the freshly poured bottle of rubber cement. Smooth sailing (flying) all the way to Baker - left at 11 AM & arrived 8:30 PM same day. Ate a lot of not-so bad airplane food. Andrew & I hooted over a Seinfeld book - hysterics really. 27° in Toronto. - 10° in Baker. David Webster met us with the RCMP guy - we rode in his truck - The exhibit arrived safely thank god. Had a tour of the heritage centre in progress - fabulous - I'm now worried that my little pieces of paper will pale in comparison. Lots of 3-D stuff - caribou skin tent & figures, a kayak, Clarence Tilenius diorama etc. Tea & to bed - we're staying in the nurses station residence a few doors away - very nice. David loaned us some dishes. WED 27 Breakfast at David's - met his wife Sally (an Inuk) and dog Harry. (Hairy?) Lovely place high up overlooking the lake. The lake is frozen 7 feet deep. There are boats frozen in farther out. Sleds. Saw a jeep driving around on the ice. Not a lot of snow left though - they had a thaw a few weeks ago. It's cold & windy though. The town is very tidy - no garbage lying around - the governor general is coming you know. Roads have new red gravel. (the red carpet). At the centre - met Clarence Tilenius - he's wonderful. 85, one arm - very handsome, charismatic, funny - his wife Penny is