Surprise Trip to Churchill

Rob Aube (a colleague) and I were doing some travelling for work, needing to spend a few days in Rankin Inlet and then travelling to Arviat.  We had to meet a number of clients in each town and everything went well in Rankin Inlet.  We were scheduled to leave Rankin to be in Arviat at noon on Wednesday.   The plane was 2 hours late leaving Rankin and then to our surprise flew over Arviat and on to Churchill. 

Even though we had client appointments in Arviat starting at 1:30PM, it was interesting visiting Churchill.  They have a huge Polar Bear pelt in the airport.

While in the airport I noticed a gentleman selling silver jewelry.  In talking to him, I found out that he makes all of his own jewelry.  He is originally an artist from Montreal and moved from there to Winnipeg and then to Churchill.  I was impressed with the quality of his work and ended up getting my dear wife a little gift from Churchill.  

We didn't know if we were going to need to stay over in Churchhill, however there ended up being a flight back to Rankin Inlet that was given a 50% chance of stopping in Arviat.  So, we decided to take it and sure enough it landed. 

We bid goodbye to Churchill and although the stay was short it was interesting. 

Of course Churchill is known for polar bears and the only one I got to see was in the airport.

With the help of the district staff we were able to reschedule all of the clients we missed on Wednesday afternoon to Thursday.  We arrived in Arviat around super time on Wednesday and we had clients scheduled to 8:00PM.  Overall we had a very productive stay.