Daily Archives: Monday, 3 January, 2005

The hotel had a really large population of sleigh dogs. We counted around 40 of them and they were all howling when we walked past them on our evening stroll. We weren’t supposed to touch them but we met one of the owners and then I embraced one of the really furry dogs. Their fur is so thick and dense that they sleep on the snow, even when it’s -40. Can you imagine how hot these dogs get in Québec’s hot summer?

We didn’t go for a sleigh ride ourselves because you could only be in the sleigh, as a passenger covered with some pelts.

Snowshoeing through the wilderness. (The path proved to be 100 meters to the right…)