Today, I went to MEC. Meant to get there yesterday, but after a few hours at 3 Vets, Harris and I had had enough. I bought a few things that will come in handy:

• water purification system – chlorine-based iodine-free drops that will purportedly “purify” 120 litres of water
• a thermal blanket (those shiny aluminum-looking sheets)
• a new front bike light, which I’ll bring on the trip for lighting; we won’t need much since light lasts long into the night

Yesterday, Harris lent me one of her dry bags. I’ll have to experiment this week with how much of my tent gear I can squeeze into it. We have five dry bags in total that will need to fit in a canoe we’re going to borrow once in Yellowknife.

Next week, we’ll need to get some food supplies – since the cost of food in the north is much higher than along the 49th parallel.