Our Inukshuk, pt. 1

When we drove to the Arctic Circle and beyond to Inuvik, we discovered a wonderful and welcoming Inuit tradition: the Inukshuk.  They dot the landscape - figures of unworked stone that traditionally mean "you are on the right path."

Our Inukshuk near the Dempster Highway

We absolutely loved this wonderful, welcoming, helpful, and friendly idea, and we decided that we'd like to create a large Inukshuk outside our house - to let people know that they are welcome here, and are on the right path. We do this in the full respect of the Inuit people, and hope that our Inukshuk will be seen as a tribute to their wonderful, welcoming culture. We will be working on this as we find appropriate rocks -- and we'll probably use rock epoxy to keep it together considering how some people around here like to tip over art and sculpture (and gravestones, ugh). Wish us luck!