A Lot of Luck

Despite some sort of cloud factory blowing up a never ending stream of cloud from the southwest tonight, we managed to drive a very fine line keeping at the edge of this until eventually, hours in, lady aurora came to dance. And it was one of those nights she just wasn’t going to stop.

Moments of Bliss and Moments of Miss

She was fleeting in nature tonight, never staying for too long. But without a cloud in the sky, the supermoon and favourite star constellations were easy enjoyment.

Back to the September Struggles

With the lakes off limits, it’s back to the struggle of finding suitable driveways or pullouts off the main highway to stop into, except we’re also now competing with sheets of ice and snow banks still a metre high blocking off driveways that are options in September.

As some weather quickly passed tonight, the aurora stayed consistently beautiful and active, and even with this full moon and streaks of cloud trying to pass as the aurora, pinks and greens, and a lot of dancing was enjoyed to the naked eye.

The Depressing State of the Earth

That is a little bit dramatic, isn’t it?

But with yesterday’s daytime high 17°C warmer than the historical norm, it ended our season of travelling on the ice roads for what is likely to be the year, barring some climate miracle. Already.
You never want to tell your guests they are the first ones on the lakes at the beginning of the season, or tell them they are the last group on them in April, sorry, now March. But we knew this was very quickly drawing to a close with the entire city in a meltdown comparable only to the one Donald Trump had on Twitter over the weekend.

Catching Our Breath

If she was perfect every night, she wouldn’t be so special and lusted after. It’s her allure, and there are bound to be plenty of nights she’s a little more shy too. I don’t have to tell you that in our hours out tonight, this was one of those.