I've envied those who travelled up north to see the polar bears. (Yes, to uninformed Americans (read: most, except those that are efbq's friends, of course), they think I can see them anytime here. Winnipeg, of course, is NOT polar bear country, for so many reasons. What many people *don't* know is that I spent the first nearly eight years of my life just next door to the polar bears. I was raised in Gillam, Manitoba, the closest town larger than, say, 5, to Churchill. However, while we did get many very nice views of the northern lights, even Gillam was too far south to see polar bears (and, of course, not near Hudson's Bay, polar bears aren't going to travel all the way to Gillam for kicks. The town was so boring even polar bears didn't visit (though Buffie St. Marie did once, and our family hosted her!) In the fall of 1999, some friends of ours who love polar bears came through Winnipeg and stayed overnight at my place on the way up to Churchill to see the bears. I was a bit upset that my friends, who live all
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I've envied those who travelled up north to see the polar bears. (Yes, to uninformed Americans (read: most, except those that are efbq's friends, of course), they think I can see them anytime here. Winnipeg, of course, is NOT polar bear country, for so many reasons. What many people *don't* know is that I spent the first nearly eight years of my life just next door to the polar bears. I was raised in Gillam, Manitoba, the closest town larger than, say, 5, to Churchill. However, while we did get many very nice views of the northern lights, even Gillam was too far south to see polar bears (and, of course, not near Hudson's Bay, polar bears aren't going to travel all the way to Gillam for kicks. The town was so boring even polar bears didn't visit (though Buffie St. Marie did once, and our family hosted her!) In the fall of 1999, some friends of ours who love polar bears came through Winnipeg and stayed overnight at my place on the way up to Churchill to see the bears. I was a bit upset that my friends, who live all ( ... )
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I didn't see it till tonight, since I can't LJ at work & only rarely check LJ before leaving in the AM.
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