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September
2005 Travelogue
(Page 4 of 8)
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Km 218 - a long lonely road.
Generally speaking, after the first 100 kms or so, I only saw another
vehicle every 1/2 to 1 hour. |
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First place to get fuel along this
road - Nouchimi Outfitters at km 286. Fuel here was $1.75 per
liter! |
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At km 308 there is a viewpoint of
one of the dams that form the James Bay hydro-electric project -
this one is "LG-4". |
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Nice small lake at km 337. |
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The sky is till clear! :) |
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Typical scenery along this
stretch. Trees, trees, and more trees. There's no logging
activity this far north - it's not economically viable. |
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The Polaris River and bridge at km
358. |
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Mirage Outfitters, at km 358. This
is the last place to obtain fuel along this road. This place
appears nice from the outside, and the reception area is nice.
But it's all a "mirage". After telling you how nice the rooms
are, you discover that the rooms are actually not much larger
than a large closet, and they are dormitory style - the bathroom
and showers are shared and down the hall. I didn't have a very
good experience here. |
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The letdown I experienced with the
Mirage came after one of the high points of the trip. That
evening, before checking in at the outfitter, I drove on down
the road a few miles and came upon this "bone yard". It's where
the hunters dispose of the carcasses of their kills. Here I
heard a pack of wolves howling and barking very close by, as the
moon rose after sunset. Amazing!Yes, I did take the moon
picture with my own camera - a Canon Powershot S2IS digital. The
reason why it turned out so well is due to standard features of
this camera: 5 megapixels, 12x zoom, manual focus, manual
exposure and aperture control, and image stabilisation. |
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