News from the Yukon
Wow is all i have to say about the Yukon.. whitehorse itself is a small town with not much going on, however, they do have live music outdoors everyday at 5 p.m. and some cool cafes.. The scenery however is beautiful. It's a small town nestled in the mountains with a gorgeous river running through it...
And well, it's light all the time.. thankful for sleeping in the basement with no light, the day never turns into night.. around 12 or 1, the sun starts to set, and though i have yet to stay up all night, i'm told there is a couple of hours of dusk before the sun comes back up again. it makes for interesting nights, going to bed with the sun still shining and waking up to the same.
Camping however is another story... After a day exploring whitehorse and seeing where Jenny was working all summer and some of her hangouts, we left for Kluane which is a spectacular beauty. We did a beautiful hike near Kathleen Lake and then camped there overnight.. the bugs are bad and we are in bear country which means that we need to clap our hands and make noise almost continuously. But, the views from the top were amazing, moutains, some snow covered, for as far as you can see.. a lot of green and a beautiful river that we had to actually walk through for about 10 min as the path had been overrun.. glacier water is really cold!
But, we made it down, no bears and only a few bug bites later.. and the sun.. which is really really strong. Despite not always being hot, there is certainly no humidity and there have been many clouds, it's actually quite warm and sunblock is required. A cool night at Kathleen lake, going to bed while it was still light out, in a tent, was a little different.. up the next morning and up to Sheep Mountain for the most spectacular hike of my life so far.. it was steep but when you got to the top there were mountains everywhere.. more impressive in some ways than the Rockies.. certainly more impressive due to the wildness and the barrenness of people.. though there are tourists and tons of camping vans, there just seems to be so much empty space.. oh ya, and we ran into a black bear in the parking lot.. well, maybe ran into is the wrong word, he was 10 feet away.. However, we did see him pretty up close and personal, though it seemed to be a day where he didn't like humans so he left, and off we went, clapping, singing and with our bear spray ready..
Camping on Kluane lake was like being near the ocean. Our campsite was right next to the water and the with the wind sounded like the ocean.. the water itself was more colors of turqoise than I though possible.
And well, it's light all the time.. thankful for sleeping in the basement with no light, the day never turns into night.. around 12 or 1, the sun starts to set, and though i have yet to stay up all night, i'm told there is a couple of hours of dusk before the sun comes back up again. it makes for interesting nights, going to bed with the sun still shining and waking up to the same.
Camping however is another story... After a day exploring whitehorse and seeing where Jenny was working all summer and some of her hangouts, we left for Kluane which is a spectacular beauty. We did a beautiful hike near Kathleen Lake and then camped there overnight.. the bugs are bad and we are in bear country which means that we need to clap our hands and make noise almost continuously. But, the views from the top were amazing, moutains, some snow covered, for as far as you can see.. a lot of green and a beautiful river that we had to actually walk through for about 10 min as the path had been overrun.. glacier water is really cold!
But, we made it down, no bears and only a few bug bites later.. and the sun.. which is really really strong. Despite not always being hot, there is certainly no humidity and there have been many clouds, it's actually quite warm and sunblock is required. A cool night at Kathleen lake, going to bed while it was still light out, in a tent, was a little different.. up the next morning and up to Sheep Mountain for the most spectacular hike of my life so far.. it was steep but when you got to the top there were mountains everywhere.. more impressive in some ways than the Rockies.. certainly more impressive due to the wildness and the barrenness of people.. though there are tourists and tons of camping vans, there just seems to be so much empty space.. oh ya, and we ran into a black bear in the parking lot.. well, maybe ran into is the wrong word, he was 10 feet away.. However, we did see him pretty up close and personal, though it seemed to be a day where he didn't like humans so he left, and off we went, clapping, singing and with our bear spray ready..
Camping on Kluane lake was like being near the ocean. Our campsite was right next to the water and the with the wind sounded like the ocean.. the water itself was more colors of turqoise than I though possible.
posted by Kim at 8:32 PM
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