The trail to town

Our first morning in Iqaluit started off slow and easy; a breakfast with the B&B supplies later, I had some time to kill before noon.




The tide was coming in when we had arrived yesterday, so I was limited in my exploring. Throughout the trip, nearly everyone we spoke to mentioned the fact that Frobisher Bay had the "second highest tides in the world", so took heed of their warnings.




The water had receded so far back during low tide, that it seemed as if I could walk across to the other side of the bay.

The sun had left some of the seaweed dried and crunchy, and walking over created an intensely satisfying sound.





We had walked into town through the road yesterday, but decided to take the Apex Trail, that connects Apex to Iqaluit. We were located at about the halfway point of the trail, which ran along the coast through a rocky trail.





The trail was a lot more scenic than the dusty road we had previously taken, and at points, it felt as if you could fall of the side of the cliff into the water with one misstep.




The trail ended at the Iqaluit graveyard, and we continued on our way to the museum.






After a visit to Black Heart Cafe, we stopped by North Mart for groceries, and watched the moon rise above the bay.







Another morning of B&B supplied breakfast, supplemented by some of our grocery store purchases.





We paid a visit to the Visitors Centre to try and book some outdoor activities with local outfitters, and then continued to the Legislative Assembly. Unfortunately, the tours were on hold due to construction, so we were only able to wander the main hall.





On the way back through the trail towards our home, I was sidetracked by wild blueberries, Alpine bearberries, and crowberries.



I stayed up to try and catch some of the Perseids Shower, and ended up seeing the faint dancing of the aurora. Soon enough, a huge light show came by, and not anticipating such bright lights during the summer months, my tripod-less camera did its best to capture some of the activity. A handful of shooting stars and a loud fireball also graced the sky before we retired for the night.





We were already a little sick of the basic B&B breakfast supplies, so I decided to make pancakes with the wild berries picked yesterday.



Today, we decided to take the trail towards Apex, which proved to be a lot of rugged than the side towards Iqaluit.





As we strolled through the beach at the base of the community, we saw even larger icebergs perched by the water, including an enormous mushroom cloud-like one.





Apex is home to the old Hudson Bay Company buildings, as well as the Red Boat.






After a quick stroll through Apex, we found out that the way back by road would take double the time, so we headed back on the trail.





Another visit to town yielded some more dinner supplies and an apple pie.