Midnight Sun

Local time is 12:30am. While the sun has dipped below the horizon, its light is still strong. I just took that picture of me minutes before posting this - no flash nor messing with the exposure.  It is an incredible experience to have nearly 24-hours of light, but I can tell my body isn't used to it.

I find myself feeling tired most of the time. I don't think I have slept for more than three hours straight since arriving here, unless induced by alcohol. Some nights I sleep for an hour at a time and sometimes I sleep in blocks of a couple hours here and there. My body and brain are in a battle to mitigate fatigue and my body is on the losing end.  

I am very much looking forward to seeing a dark night and finding a sleep pattern that resembles normalcy when I return to Ontario. I can't believe that happens in three weeks already. There's so much left here that I want to do and see: a bear, a heard of elk or caribou, hike Grey Mountain and get outside of Whitehorse a bit. 

Honestly, I'd be okay without seeing a bear. Mostly because I'm pretty terrified of bears, since I have no real understanding of how to interact with them. More correctly, how to give them their space. My gut tells me that if I came across a bear I'd be in the newspaper as that silly woman who didn't know what she was doing and tragically lost her life. Yup, that'd be me, best to stay away.

Going to try to sleep now. G'night world, or good morning since most will be reading this after (hopefully) a full nights sleep.