Tuk Update

Hello everyone,

I have been a bit lax in my blog updates, I doooooo apologize. :)

The weather has been amazing up here. I cannot complain at all. All this week is high teens low twenties and next week too! Crazy that the western arctic is having nicer weather than NS. Sorry bout that folks at home.

This past week was my Iceland Masters Graduation and I could not go because of just starting my new job. This made me a bit sad I would have liked to have gone to see everyone that made the trip and to get to Iceland again.

Last week we were in Inuvik for most of the week and it was really nice to get out of Tuk and see some different sites and get some things I cannot get here in Tuk!!

Up here in Tuk we have been this week we have been fishing and picnic-ing because the weather has been so great. I wish it would stay like this and not go to -40 Celsius - that will make me sad!!

Well that is all for now. I have posted some pictures in the post before this. This is of tonight. We went to the picnic spot and did some wading/swimming.

Hope everyone is well!

J

Wading in the Arctic Ocean

Tuk Bingo

Hey everyone,

Played my first Bingo last night here in Tuk. I have never playes bingo before so I just played on card per game. I think I could handle more than one card but good to only have had one to get used to it.

I won NOTHING. It was close twice but nothing.

It was a fin saturday night, my friends at home likely think I am a loser for playing bingo on a saturday night. But listen im in Tuk there are only so many things to do and I have played it with friends. So it got my out of the apartment.

Will be in Inuvik for a bit this week for work, I am looking forward to that big time!!!

Restaurant food, not good restaurant food, but food that I dont have to cook for myself. :)

Mom is coming here to visit, only like three weeks until she gets here!!!!

Thats all for now,

Josh

Home

Hey Everyone,

It is so nice to talk to people at home either through this blog or bbm or email or text message. It makes it easier to get through each day.

It is getting easier and easier to be up here. I have have a few great weekends. Spending much of the time outside. I even have a tan :)

Mom has decided to come up and visit me so that is something to look forward to. It will be quite an adventure for her. A long journey just to get up here. But we will have a great time. We will visit the community freezer, tour tuk and inuvik, and fish, hike, etc. I am also hoping she will cook for me :)

Then I am coming home!!! August 25th to Sept 9th - everyone clear your calendars :) We will have good times. And I am going to eat Subway 1 million times.

My purchases are still arriving, I would have thought that they would have all been here by now. But the best stuff is still to come - TV, Computer, Furniture. PLEASE COME SOON THINGS :)

Well thats all for now. Hope everyone is great and is enjoying their summers!

Josh

Q+A's

To Answer Karen's Questions:

There is no local bar. People drink at each others houses. It is technically a dry town so no drink sales are permitted. That being said, there are ways around that. So no Northern Exposure-type hangout. Yes I know that show - in re-runs :)

There is a clinic here that is open most of the time, they can do most everything but if it is something serious they fly you to Inuvik where there is a full service hospital. There is a doctor here most of the time.

Everyone that I have encountered speaks english, there are likely some that do not though.

There are weird things at the store yes, because the store is the only place to shop so they have things from bullets to movies,, electronics, furs, etc. The meet is all frozen, most things are to get up here and still be fresh-ish. The weirdest thing in the store so far is the hamburger it comes in a tube (a bit gross).

There is another store it is a hardware store - it doesn't have much hardware but lots or porn. Weird.

Most people live in a house here but I have an apartment above my work building. It is good apartment, lots of money $$$, and not perfect, not much option up here. I will like it very much when the days are -40 and I just have to go downstairs and not walk across town.

No air-conditioning - some days get to be mid to high 20's but you just need a fan for those few days a year :)