Here we are in Tasiujaq

We are finally able to start this blog as promised.  We decided to do it as a blog so that all can see it that would like to. 

We find that people here are very friendly.  We are settled in and most of our stuff has arrived.

View with Tide out

  Tasiujaq is home to the highest tide in the world.  They tell us that it is 15 to 16 feet.  The views are absolutely amazing.  This is a picture from the back window.  At this point the tide is out.  There is a river that drains into the bay.  There are paved roads and a surprising amount of vehicles here as there are not alot of places to go that I have discovered yet.  The smell from the ocean is not as strong as I remember from the east and west coast.  It is a fresh smell.  There are a few times when you can smell the salt water. 

View with Tide in

  The houses here are completely contained.  There is no plumbing running in the ground.  They deliver water by truck a few times a week.  There are times that you run out of water before the truck gets here.  So practice conserving our water.  We try to do laundry early in the week as they do not deliver water on the week-ends very frequently.  There is another truck that picks up the evacuated water.  If this tank gets too full it will shut down the water system so that we can not have an over flow situation.  This is amazing to me. 

Our apartment is upstairs

  Theoretically if there ever was a reason they could pick up the houses in town and move them to another location.  Most houses are double town houses.  Ours is one of the few where there is one upstairs and one downstairs.  Most have the houses on the same level.  We live very close to the school.  Please post comments and questions as I will do my best to answer in future blogs.  Until next time best regards Nick, Janet and Alison.