Margot (from the morning show in Hx) asked me: Is it really sunny all the time in Yellowknife or do you just blog about the good days? Well, it actually has been an amazing summer. But today was cool and rainy, only the second day that's been consistently dismal. We did walk half the Frame Lake Trail to the Visitor's Centre without getting drenched. And we made it to the top of Pilot's Monument just before the clouds couldn't contain themselves any longer. But, as you can see, it was very windy.
The monument is on a hill in Old Town where tanks once held water for the original community. Now, it's a look-out spot, commemorated to bush pilots. The view is panoramic, taking in the downtown and the surrounding water, including Back Bay and Yellowknife Bay.
You also get a good view of the houseboats; many of them are anchored next to Joliffe Island. A couple of houseboats are advertised for sale in the paper this week. One, which is solar powered and has a generator, comes with a canoe. The price--$35,000. No wonder people want to live on the water. When a one-bedroom apartment costs $1,100 and a mobile home can fetch over $300,000, a houseboat is a bargain. Okay, so there are no services. And during freeze-up and break-up it's difficult to navigate back and forth between home and the mainland. And there's that small issue of what to do with your waste. But it all sounds so idyllic--from afar.
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