Imagine

this morning I am in the Northwest Territories
standing on the shore of Great Slave Lake
with my husband drinking our last cup of coffee
we will go duck hunting today
our young indian guides
are doing last minute packing
preparing our small aluminum boats
for the trip to the duck blind
they will use satelite trackers
to keep on course across the big lake
have had a breakfast with the other hunters all men
and am in my hip boots and down jacket
my winchester 101 pidgeon grade 12 gauge shotgun
will make this long exciting trip
for the first hour it will be full speed
under the stars in the pitch black dark
I will position myself as low in the boat as I can
to stay out of the wind and stay warm
hope the guides know their stuff
you only survive minutes in the cold water
there is no swimming in hip boots
during the beautiful sunny day
we saw many ducks geese and other wildlife
we left with only ducks
geese mate for life
as soon as we got back to camp
we headed out to go fishing
imagine