Going to the Dogs

What I really wanted to post here is a video I made of Brian at this dog depot. But I can't make it work, though you're supposed to be able to download video to blogger now.

So, here's a photo of this crazy place on the edge of town in an industrial area called Kam Lake, where people keep their sled dogs in a communal kennel. It's as big as a football field, with all these makeshift dog houses and hundreds of barking, howling canines, which don't look like anything you'd think would pull a sled. It's quite surreal--and noisy.

We went there after dinner at the Wild Cat Cafe, as I searched for a different setting for his arrival photo. Stay tuned for the movie...

Today we had lunch together at the museum. True to his Slow Food philosophy, Brian ordered the Bison Burger. (He had the muskibou stew (muskox and caribou) at the Wild Cat.

I returned to work and he explored the museum and the legislature, then made the trek back to Nova Court on the Frame Lake Trail.

Here's a wideshot of the cafe--quite a stunning setting.

culinary note from Brian...
When my Bison burger arrived the server recommended that I put HP Sauce on it..
Later, while viewing an exhibit about hunting and eating Beluga whales in the Beaufort Sea I saw a reference to a dried whale meat that the aboriginals enjoy best with HP Sauce!
First we spread religion...then we spread HP Sauce...nice going, White People...

As promised, here is the video of the sled dog compound...

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