{"id":8511,"date":"2026-04-14T20:38:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/?p=8511"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:38:59","slug":"entry-2-canadian-arctic-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/?p=8511","title":{"rendered":"Entry 2: Canadian Arctic Playground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My hosts invited me to celebrate Easter with them. I met their whole family, and I tasted oysters for the first time! Everything was amazing and it felt just like home. They even invited me to their campfire gathering the next day. There, I had fun with one of my hosts granddaughter. We did an egg hunt, but it was not as easy as it sounds. The eggs were sunk in the snow, so we had to dig them out. On the way back, we took the ice road on Great Slave Lake. The ice there is as thick as I am tall (5ft)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Searching for Easter eggs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Great Slave Lake’s ice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ice Road from Dettah<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In Old Yellowknife, I saw the famous Ragged Ass Road and the Bush Pilot Monument. From the monument, I could see Great Slave Lake and the city. That same day, I lost my bus pass\u2026 On Wednesday, I hiked Niven Lake Trail and Frame Lake Trail where I saw birds and squirrels. After my hiking day, I took the same itinerary as the day before in hope of finding my bus pass. And I did!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map of Hiking Trails<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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View of Great Slave Lake from the Pilot Monument<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ragged Ass Road Sign<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also went to Birchwood Caf\u00e9 to treat myself to a turkey & brie sandwich. The taste of the turkey and the acidity of the cranberries were perfectly intertwined with a subtle creamy brie taste for a savoury lunch. Then, I went to Booster Juice where I ordered a smoothie. It tasted like sunshine bursting with strawberry and mango flavours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Birchwood Caf\u00e9’s sign<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Turkey & Brie Sandwich<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Next week, I will go see northern art at Down-to-Earth Gallery and Gallery of the Midnight Sun. I will also experience a traditional dog sledding run. Finally, I will continue my culinary tour of Yellowknife. With love from the Arctic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My hosts invited me to celebrate Easter with them. I met their whole family, and I tasted oysters for the first time! Everything was amazing and it felt just like home. They even invited me to their campfire gathering the next day. There, I had fun with one of my hosts granddaughter. We did an egg hunt, but it was not as easy as it sounds. The eggs were sunk in the snow, so we had to dig them out. On the way back, we took the ice road on Great Slave Lake. The ice there is as thick as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":8521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"book_review_cover_url":"","book_review_title":"","book_review_series":"","book_review_author":"","book_review_genre":"","book_review_isbn":"","book_review_publisher":"","book_review_release_date":"","book_review_format":"","book_review_pages":"","book_review_source":"","book_review_rating":"","book_review_summary":""},"categories":[56,5,101],"tags":[456],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8525,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511\/revisions\/8525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}