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Merv Hardie ferry opening, May 2003. Plenty of 'bergs still in the Mackenzie River.

I am just writing a quick post to let you know it may be a couple of weeks until I blog again as we are in the midst of moving to Yellowknife, NT. The journey is more than 2,000 km so we are packing light, whatever we can fit in the car or send through Canada Post.

In the meantime, I will tweet our progress from my twitter account as we head north.

Not sure of our exact arrival date as we are waiting for enough ice to melt on the Mackenzie River for the ferry to resume operations. Strangely, this was the same situation the first time we moved to Yellowknife (view as pictured above). I was advised not to wear a seatbelt on the ferry as it slowed down escape – yikes! There was a lookout guy on a hill with a radio to warn the ferry operator about impending icebergs. That’s why ferry service can be erratic first few days open, until the river clears of ice.

So my next blog will be from Yellowknife, probably with an accompanying bison photo

Back with you once I’m north of 60!