There is a certain compulsion in this season of Lent to make our Lenten discipline one that is reflective, introspective and deepening. The celebrations in the season are to be kept to the Sundays during Lent - the little Easters that we are told are to be celebrated each week, even during the Lenten season. I think for the most part I've stuck to that path so far this year.
However, it also occurs to me that this blog can also be a form of journal - which at times can simply be a relatively unreflective telling of a day's events. So far I've tried to be reflective even as I've relayed what has been going on for me over the past week and a half. But today, I'm going to leave the reflection to another time or perhaps another person, and simply recount some of the events of today.
We were invited to visit with our friends at their cabin on Prelude Lake this afternoon. So this morning we ran a few errands in preparation for this outing and then this afternoon traveled down the Ingraham Trail to the access road to Prelude Lake park which also provides access to the lake. Our friend had arranged to meet us at the boat launch at 1:30. We arrived along with our warm clothes and contributions for dinner and soon thereafter, the snowmobile and accompanying sled/toboggan/komatik arrived.
After a
twenty minute snowmobile across the frozen and snowy lake, we arrived at their cabin in the midst of a lovely sunny and bright day. In fact it was so lovely that we immediately set out for a walk on the lake. This included a visit to the local eagle's nest before we returned to the cabin.Conversation and Scrabble followed and then it was time for sup
per - which was shared with good conversation and good food.Supper complete and the dishes cleaned up it was time to head back across the lake, and home with our souls refreshed, our stomachs satisfied and our Vitamin D concentration greatly enhanced.
The clear sunny day translated into a lovely starlit night. About the only thing left to top off a wonderful day would be a spectacular display of Aurora Borealis. Not yet, but we'll keep on watching!
Saturday. March 6
Yellowknife
