Day 3 of our Churchill trip… No orchids today, but there was one big surprise. The day began clear, but soon the fog rolled in. We could see the fog bank off shore as it move closer in to land: As we made our daily trip around the point to look for bears, birds, and
Day 2 of our Churchill trip… We arose early and caught the Churchill puddle-jumper (flown by Calm Air of Canada) at the Thompson airport. It seems the farther North we went, the less restrictive the airlines are about baggage weight, screening, etc. I wish we could reduce some of the bother in the U.S. about such
Background: In the early 2000s, Lorne Heshka and his wife, Joan (both natives of Winnipeg, Manitoba) began leading orchid expeditions to Churchill, Manitoba. Walter Ezell and I had been on the waiting list for this trip for years. Fortunately, our names finally floated to the top, and early in the year Lorne had notified us that
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