Our adventure with our grandsons was a tour that began and ended in Winnipeg, Manitoba. We planned on getting to Winnipeg a day early, in case of travel delays.
Our journey began yesterday afternoon. Having extra time, we stopped for gas, just when a terrific thunderstorm hit the Rockville, MD area. The rain soaked Kent in an instant, and we sat through a "car wash" with winds up to 70 mph. The storm abated when we picked up the grandsons, Dylan (16) and Pete (13).
We drove into VA and along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in a single lane due to construction. Soon we were inching along. A Parkway police officer drove by in the opposite direction and was hailed by a driver ahead of us. That driver then made a U-turn. There was no attempt to inform anyone else in the line of traffic. Eventually we heard that the storm felled a tree across the road, and everyone had to make a U-turn, knocking down the flexible orange delineators between the lanes!
We should have stopped at Badd Pizza for dinner in McLean! Instead we went to Popeye's in the Fashion Mall at Pentagon City.
Next, I typed 'Hilton Garden Inn' in the GPS, and picked the one on Richmond Highway. We parked and tried to check in, but were at the wrong hotel (Hilton Arlington National Landing)! Our hotel was in the next block! Way back when I booked this trip, I chose this hotel because of free parking. Now we had to pay $33 to park. It was bad enough that the hotel's airport shuttle did not run when we needed it!
This morning, we had to awaken at 4:00 and drive to the Reagan National Airport to leave the car in Economy Parking. I pre-booked parking to save some money.
The parking lot shuttle came quickly and we arrived at Terminal 1 not quite two hours ahead of our international flight to Montréal. However, we had to wait until the Air Canada ticket agents showed up. They knew our 6:00 flight was delayed to 6:50!
At least we had time for breakfast! We ordered at a computer kiosk, which apparently did not send the order to the "kitchen." We had to write down what we had ordered, when they were at last ready to make our breakfast sandwiches.
Nonetheless, we arrived in Montréal at 8:20. Turning on the mobile phones, we learned our 9:15 flight to Winnipeg was cancelled! What is this with airlines cancelling flights without automatically rebooking? We had to see an agent to find another flight. We then had an 11:35 flight, and time for another breakfast as our lunch!
Once we arrived in Winnipeg about 13:30, we went to pick up our rental car that we had scheduled to get at 11:30! No cars were available, and we waited at least 45 minutes for a car to be returned. It was a bit of luck that the car was a roomier SUV/RAV4 than what we had reserved!
Okay, onward to Quamajuq, the Inuit art gallery attached to the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
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| The white Qaumajuq building (2021, by Michael Maltzan) abuts the beige Winnipeg Art Gallery |
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| The Winnipeg Art Gallery (est 1963, building 1971, by Gustavo da Rosa) |
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| Dylan walks past the Visible Vault, a feature that allows us to see all the artifacts that would normally be hidden in storage |
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| Another view of the Visible Vault in Quamajuq |
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| Walking Bear (2005, by Ashevak Tunnillie in green serpentinite) |
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| Cotter Collection (1874-1901, by unknown artists in Labrador) |
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| Woman and Polar Bear (c 1979, by Johnny Kakutuk) |
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| Family with Igloo and Bears (1979, by Peter Ussuuqi Audlaluk) (KSS) |
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| Legend of the Man Who Could Turn into a Bear (1979, by Nowya Qinuajua) |
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| Attempt to "dress" Pete in an Amautik/ caribou-skin parka (1918-1925, by Martha [Muqyunnik] Eetak) (KSS) |
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| Greenlandic Boots (1893-1894, by the Kalaallit Inuit from sealskin and sinew) and an early-20C doll and an undated doll, also by the Kalaallit Inuit (KSS) |
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| Bird Shaman with Fishing Gear, Smoking a Pipe (1979, by Noah Annanak carved from an antler) (KSS) |
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| Hunter with Harpooned Seal (c 1960-1969, by Kallaallit Inuit in ivory and sperm whale tooth) |
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| Stretching Skin (1963, by Aisa Ajagutainnaq Tukalak, stonecut on paper) |
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| Untitled (c 1974, by Veronica Kadjuak Manilak, wool felt on wool duffle) |
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| The Man Who Turned into a Walrus (1997, by Iola Abraham Ikkidluak) |
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| Yikes! Haqalaqtuaqjuaq, the Man Who Could Do Nothing Right (1989, by Juda Ullulaq, in whale bone) |
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| Spirit Hunter (1988, by Ralph Porter) has hair sprouting from one ear |
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| Shaman and Helping Spirits (1992, by Manasie Akpaliapik, in whale bone) (KSS) |
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| La Jetée de Deauville (1933, by Raoul Dufy) (KSS) |
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| Flower Still Life (c 1935, by Marc Chagall) (KSS) |
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| Ningiuq (grandmother) (2019, by Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona) |
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| Suviittuq! Can't Be Helped/Too Bad! (2019, by Kablusiak) refers to the many indigenous children who died when removed to residential schools to be assimilated into Euro-American culture, but were susceptible to diseases brought by the Euro-Americans |
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| Pete and Dylan by the fountain of the Rooftop Sculpture Garden (KSS) |
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| Pete and The Poet (1954, by Ossip Zadkine) (KSS) |
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| The Poet detail (KSS) |
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| Reclining Figure No 4 (1961, by Henry Moore) |
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| Outside detail of Paradise Coyote (2003, by John McEwen) |
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| Inside detail of Paradise Coyote |
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| Paradise Coyote |
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| Inukshuk (1989, by Manasie Akpaliapik) |
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| Fish (2021, by Toonoo Sharky) was on sale in the gift shop for $15,600 (CAD)! |
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| Untitled (2012, by Denis Girardin, Larix laricina/ Tamarack or Eastern Larch in Yose Ue/forest style) (KSS) |
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| A Walk in the Woods (2010, by Deborah Sutcliffe, Larix laricina/Eastern Larch) |
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| Untitled (2004, by Joe Grande, Potentilla fruticosa/ Cinquefoil in slanting style) |
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| Untitled (c 2008, by Dean Laughren, Pinus banksiana/ Jack Pine), trained to emulate the reclining Buddha |
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| Untitled (2001, by Trieu Vo, Thuja occidentalis/Eastern White Cedar in Moyogi/informal upright style) |
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| Laurentian Grove (2011, by Joe Grande, Larix laricina/Eastern Larch) |
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| Untitled (2005, by Trieu Vo, Larix laricina/Eastern Larch in Yose Ue/forest style) |
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| Untitled larch forest detail |
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| Untitled (1998, by Joe Grande, Bougainvillea glabra/ Bougainvillea in windswept style) |
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