Travel with Tobey and Sue: November 7, 2022 - Winnipeg , Canada to Fort Collins, CO

Our bags were packed and ready to go, but I'm not sure I was! It was cold, however, and VERY windy, so I am counting my blessings that we had an amazing week in Churchill with pretty mild weather and lots of wildlife sightings. Our shuttle dropped us at the airport around 8:30 this morning for our flights back to Colorado. There were three other women from our group on our flight to Toronto so we had a chance to visit a little while longer. We had a schedule change, so our flight didn't arrive into Toronto until 2:20 and our connection was boarding at 2:50. Doesn't sound bad, but we had to clear US customs and it's a LONG walk from our arriving gate to a different concourse! They had already started boarding by the time we ran and got everything done, but we did make it. We got back to Denver and picked up the car around 5:30 and home by 7:30.

We are both tired and feel like we have colds. We will test for COVID tomorrow, just to make sure we don't have it. Ugh.

Again, I can't tell you how much we enjoyed our adventure with Natural Habitat Adventures, https://www.nathab.com. They do an amazing job! This afternoon Amanda, our representative in Boulder, called to welcome us home and ask about our trip. They probably do that for everyone, but it is the first time we have had a tour company contact us after a trip to see if we enjoyed it! To wean myself off the excitement of the trip I am still watching the live feeds from the webcams from Polar Bears International explore.org.
https://explore.org/livecams/polar-bears-international/polar-bear-cam

ANYWAY, I am just going to post pictures and some videos with brief descriptions.

Miranda took this picture of the red fox at the top of the rocks as we came into Churchill from the airport on our first day.

The trash / recycling station which wasn't built until 2006! Before that there was a dump which attracted many polar bears.

Prices in Churchill are extremely high. Everything is imported either on the train or by air. Natural Habitat Adventures, which we booked our tour through, flys all of their trash and recycling back to Winnipeg! A 12-pack of soft drinks is $13.99 CAD - about $10.50 USD!