1. Cold;
2. Wet;
3. Miserable;
4. Windy.
We had our fastest tear-down of the trip, and were on the water, determined to get to Nahanni Butte and out of the wet as soon as we could. We were getting picked up in a boat at Nahanni Butte that would be taking us 40 km down the Liard River to Lindberg Landing, the bed and breakfast (with walls! and beds!) we would be staying at that night. It was so wet and miserable, that I stayed buried deep in my backpack home and still ended up wet. Heather's camera kept me company, but it stayed dry.
Our arrival in Nahanni Butte went pretty much unnoticed, since there was a wedding going on, and everyone except the water taxi guy was going. Or so it seemed. This sucked, since Eric and Jaroslav were both very close to being hypothermic. Eventually, Gord found the guy with keys to the gym, and let us in. The gym was awesome because it had heat, and they let us have warm beverages. The bride of the wedding was hanging around the gym trying to get ready, and eventually she had to go out in the rain and mud to her truck, so Jim kindly helped her put plastic bags on her feet. The guy who let us into the gym was named George. Everyone say thank you to George.
Eventually, we found the water taxi guy, and he drove us to the bed and breakfast. Our cabin for the night had a nice fire going in the wood stove.
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After a (mostly) warm shower, Mrs. Lindberg made us tasty, tasty moose/beef meatloaf and delicious salad. There were also delicious vegetables, all of which came from her garden.
The log cabins didn't have running water or electricity, but there were showers hooked up to a generator up by the big house. That was a very welcome treat for everyone. Except me, since showers don't do me much good. I am, after all, a penguin. There was also the opportunity to put on clean clothes, which had so kindly been stored at the outfitter's base camp for the last two weeks. It was a very nice place to stay.
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