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so doing things like washing clothes was labour intensive. One had to carry and heat the
water. It was the same v.;th washing hair. One could do il on onc's own. but it was easier
as a two-person operation. We spent most ofthai nighljust gclting washed up.
Marie. Rochelle and I went to the post office to make arrangements to ny in to
Ilappy Valley-Goose Bay the next moming. Sometimes. Labrador Airway picked up the
passengers early in the morning and took them to v.hcre\er lhe plane was going up the
coast before going to Happy Valley-Goose Bay. The pilots decided not to pick us up on
the way because the) had too many passengers; because there \\ere no bathroom facilities
on board. I was quite happy to be on the shorter trip.
Thc following day's trip by small plane from Rigolet to Ilappy Valley-Goose Bay
was spectacular. We new over Hamilton Inlet where the coastal boat had taken me the
previous weck. It was also a bil scary. I could look into the cockpit and sec cvcry movc
the pilots made. It somctimes seemed as if thc engines had failed. Thc cargo, 10 my mind.
was not stl1lppcd down very well, and the cabin was Full of nics. When I gOI out of the
plane, [ looked as iFsol1lebody had cui my throal; the nies had comc across Illy neck in
one straight line and it was full ofbtood. By then,l was lIscd to Ihe nics and had not paid
attcntion to the bites, but Marie got quite a Fright and screnmed when she first saw my
throat.
We arrived in !lappy Valley-Goose Bay and were met by Marie's Friends. The
Skoglunds. at whose house I was to stay, weren't around. so the fomlcr took me to their
house until I could make arrangements to go to the Skoglunds' house. The man who was
supposed to Slay there \\;lh me decided to leave Labrador so I ended up having the house
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