Dawson City
I”m a little behind but I went to Dawson city last week with my friend Pierre. It was my first time visiting the historic town of the Klondike gold rush. It’s really cool because they still have a lot of the old style buildings up from the last turn of the century.
This is a Presbyterian church built in 1901 in Dawson City Yukon. It’s actually not a crooked picture. The foundation is sinking so the structure is collapsing. It’s the oldest church in Dawson City.
St. Andrews Church
Here’s a nice little shanty in Dawson city.
House in Dawson
Here is a super old graveyard. I think it might be a masonic graveyard. Dave?
Graveyard
We camped out across the river. It was my first camping trip of the year.
First marshmallow roast of the season
II saw this really cool multi-coloured fox.
Foxy Junior
We drove up Dome road to see all of Dawson City.
View of Dawson from the Dome
II saw my first Grizzly Bear ever.
Grizzly Bear
Grizzly
And finally my other travel companion….
Coach
Maybe I was a Dwarf in a past life?
Ami and I went for a drive last night to see if we could see the giant forest fire outside of town any better. After driving on a dirt road through the forest for 45 minutes we didn’t seem to be any closer to the fire. It was a nice little drive around Tatchen and Frenchman lake though. We saw a porcupine and a wild rabbit. Yay Wilderness!
Today I went to Whitehorse and went on a hunt for biodegradable sunscreen. I went to 4 different stores! Finally I found a tiny tube for $21.00 … Yikes!
$21.00 Sun screen
But I did happen across a cute little farmers market and got a bunch of organic food. I can’t wait to have an organic avacado spinach and cheese melt.
mmm organic goodness
Tonight I went Agate Mining. I only found a couple tiny ones but I discovered I really like breaking rocks with a hammer. Maybe I was a Dwarf in a past life??
Calgary: The first step on the road to Shambhala
Me & Best Couchsurfing host ever a.k.a. Sean
I went to Calgary this passed weekend for Psi-crisis Training. I’m going to be volunteering at the Sanctuary this year and am very excited. Sanctuary is the space where people go to calm down when they are having a bad “trip”. I’ll be doing low-threshold intervention with these attendees. Its a great way to give back to the community. Everyone at training was very awesome. It got me very excited for shambles this summer and festivals in general. One of the girls in the training was roommates with the guy I was supposed to be couch surfing with. So she took me to there house and made me yummy dinner.
Sean didn’t show up until later in the night but I got to meet the rest of his awesome roommates. Dave who makes awesome leather hats.
Dave & Alicia
They also had a party to celebrate their other roommate’s, Kitty, birthday. We had a bonfire in the backyard. Lindsey let me use her hoop and she taught me the basics of poi.
Kitty getting Birthday Kisses
Did you know they have Hello Kitty Champagne? Kitty got some as a present for her birthday. That alone made my night!
Hello Kitty Champagne! OMG!
We also smoked some very yummy blueberry Shisha tobacco from their wicked hookah.
Blueberry Smoke
They also had 7 cats. I woke up to this guy staring at me.
Sparticus
The next day Sean cooked wicked bacon and eggs and then they took me to the lilac festival His girlfriend Jenny has killer 8 year old dreads.
Sean & Jenny @ Lilac Fest
I had a great time in Calgary and met some super awesome people. I can’t wait until this summer. Shambhala is going to be epic. Volunteering at the Sanctuary with Lindsey, road tripping with Ami, and meeting up with Liz again.
Destruction Bay: Population 28
Pierre asked me to go with him to Destruction Bay with him to visit his friend Anita on my days off. My first thought was…. Yay! Road Trip! Anita and the crew at Destruction Bay were a lot of fun. Destruction Bay is absolutely beautiful. Its right on Kluane lake in the Yukon.
Trip to Destruction Bay
We saw lots of wildlife on our way up there. On our way to Haines Junction we spotted our first ones.
2 Elk- the one on the right has only one horn
At the tip of Kluane Lake is Sheep Mountain. Its called this because there are tons of Mountain Sheep grazing on it. Pierre got some really good photo…as per him being a photographer and all .In my picture you can just see the sheep as tiny white dots.
Sheep Mountain
Here finally is a picture of the beautiful Kluane lake. Its still mostly frozen in May! Its so silent out there. Nobody but us and the road.
Kluane Lake
We saw a moose too! I haven’t seen one since I was 10 so it was very exciting. This is a pretty bad picture. It was dusk and dark and snowy. We also saw two deer on the way home and a beautiful Bald Eagle Soaring right above the tree tops.
Moose
Here’s a picture of Pierre in photographer mode. I don’t think he even knew I took this picture.
Accidental Trip to Alaska
Natlie and I at the Alaska Border
So yesterday I drove Natalie to get her work visa renewed. We went to Whitehorse where they told us we had to go to the Canadian Boarder Crossing near Skagway. So we went there and they told us that She would have to leave the country (cross the American border) in order to get her visa. So we drove right to the Alaska border. I had no passport so that was another lot of paperwork and explanations. When we got back to the Canadian border they told us that we didn’t have to go there at all. We only needed to go to Whitehorse, and in fact we had to go back to Whitehorse to get it. Wow our government doesn’t know what it’s doing at all!
Natalie & My Baby (car)
The trip wasn’t a total loss. At least we got to see Alaska briefly. We also saw two porcupine’s on the way from Whitehorse to Carmacks. Most important of all Natalie got her visa!
Brief Adventure to Alaska
Murray Creek Waterfall – Carmacks, Yukon
So my friend Pierre brought me out into the bush today. We went for a hike to Murray Creek Waterfalls just outside of Carmacks. Its spring in the Yukon so it’s very muddy and as I like to call it… mushy. There is still snow on the ground. In fact it was hailing when we started out on the path.
It’s a 45 minute hike up a slight incline to get to the falls. If you have an ATV you could drive up the road. We walked it and I was fairly out of breath. I think I need to start going for runs more than once a week. I’m glad I quit smoking four days earlier though.
Spring
Unfortunately we didn’t see much wildlife; just a couple of birds. We saw some bear tracks though. *Sigh* I think its my summer goal is to see a wild bear. Everyone else has seen one! I’ve lived in BC my entire life and been camping since I was 6 months old and I have never seen a bear. (Mom or Dad correct me if I’m wrong and saw one when I was young and don’t remember)
Bear Tracks
We saw some crocuses near the bear tracks. Apparently, bears eat them in spring. I wonder if they dig out the bulbs. I would imagine there is more nutritional value in those. Anyone?
Crocus
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