I hear that it is still summer somewhere. It has snowed almost every day here on the mountains. Each day it gets a little closer. Today it was about halfway down! The leaves are turning here too. I’m really excited to see them change, it’s going to be really pretty I think. I just hope that it doesn’t snow on them first.

Things have been going fine here. We have been preparing for a while because today we had a visit from a bunch of investors. They just flew in for the day and we had to show them all the sparkly rocks and cross-sections and maps that we’ve made. They were all pretty used to working in offices so they were very stunned by our camp. In a good way. They couldn’t believe how well stocked and organized our kitchen was and how well the camp seemed to be running. It’s a good thing that they weren’t here a few days ago when both drills were broken down!

The drills are both back on line now. The camp should be getting back on track soon. I’ve been in the office for a couple days getting the map ready for the investors. It’s been nice not hiking up mountains every day. I feel like I’ve been getting a bit of energy back. Last night, Mike and I stayed up late so that we could watch for auroras. There were a few out so we tried to take pictures with the tripod and my camera. They turned out okay, but most of them were not focused very well. I’m not sure how we can fix that. It was really exciting taking pictures of aurora for the first time though, hopefully we’ll get another chance before Micheal heads home.



Mike leaves camp on September 8th and hopefully I won’t be too far behind him. He’s done a really good job here, so I’ll have some pretty big shoes to fill. I have to take over his job of core logging, and he’ll start teaching me all about that next week.



There are many different things that I’ll have to do after Mike leaves, like saw rocks. Using the saw requires you to wear lots of protective gear that makes you look as good as this:



Just so he doesn’t feel bad, I’ll post a dumb picture of myself, also wearing protective gear:



That’s me wearing the stupid bubble helmet while I’m riding in the back of our souped up golf cart – the Rhino. Don’t worry though, Mike looks way better without all that gear. Even in the morning:



Funniest part is, he took that picture himself. I wish I could be there to see what his parents say when they see his neard (neard=neck+beard).

I should be around for at least a few more weeks. I’ll try to keep the Blog updated more often once I’m not traversing every day. Sounds like we will be finishing drilling on the 15th (if the water lines don’t freeze before then) and then a week or so of catching up on the backlog and taking down camp.

Have fun everyone – enjoy wearing t-shirts and shorts!
Melissa