Marg and I are now at Wabun – arrived Tuesday evening in 75º, sunny, dead-calm conditions. We enjoyed a beautiful boat ride to the island and a great, imported- from-NH, corn-roast dinner. We spent Wednesday morning doing a Wabun walk-about – re-opening and checking buildings, looking for windfalls, bailing and starting boats, and doing a general assessment of what we need to do to put the camp to bed for the winter.
There are a couple of pretty dramatic contrasts in comparing this end-of-September Wabun to that which we all know in the vibrancy of the season:
The water levels drop consistently from spring to fall - -
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| June 2011 |
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| September 2011 |
The buildings go from being dedicated to housing and serving people to storing and protecting gear:
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| June's Room de Cuisine |
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| September's Canoe Haven |
We empty the walk-in of summer’s chilled foods, let it reach ambient temperature, and then fill what becomes the winter walk-in with perishables that are to be heated and kept above-frost during the freezing months.
This is really a grand time of the year – changing colors, cool nights, warm days and an abundance of Northern Lights - Alums, Bill Porter and Dave Thompson arrived today and are spending the weekend down on the South Arm (dinner with them tonight) in hopes of enjoying the fall’s climatic feast -windy, chilly boat travel!
2 comments:
So jealous! Bailey and I both wish we could join you guys. Keep the photos coming!
Have the leaves started changing colors yet?
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