July 10, 2010
Day 36: Inuvik to Rengleng River
I stopped in at the visitor centre to check the weather forecast and check out campsites for the return trip along the Dempster. While I was in there, I met the Marshall family who I met on the flight to Tuktuk yesterday and gave me a lift to the Great Northern Arts Festival. They are Wayne (father), Angela (mother), Valerie and Keith(an air cadet who sat in the co-pilots seat yesterday).
Seeing how two locals have referred to the Rock River Campground as the 'mosquito campground', I have decided to try to avoid that one the way back. I stopped today at Rengleng River, which looks like others have used it before. If the weather co-operates tomorrow, I will go on to Midway Lake. This is a shanty town that is used one weekend a year for a music festival. The one regret I have about this is I won't get a chance to speak to Robert Alexie at the campground near Peel River.
It was sunny, clear and warm all day today. The mosquitoes were not a problem until I stopped. However, there were flies all day long. Unfortunately, I cannot outrun them, so I had dozens of them buzzing me (and occasionally biting me) for the whole day. Mosquitoes can be outrun and they are no problem if you are moving.
End point:
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Today's ride: 97 km (60 miles)
Total: 3,663 km (2,275 miles)
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