What was the first thing I had to do the first evening there? Go buy suntan lotion. Temperatures were in the thirties (Celsius). Back home Nancy reported the high was to be seventeen. Go figure I'm in the far north and suffering from heat while Nancy's back home suffering from rain and cold. After the shopping spree, on to sight seeing. A walk into the old town and up to a lookout point over the bay.
I had to get that suntan lotion for my guided hike with Rosie Strong. She picked me up at my B&B at 8:30 then dropped me off at my hotel after 2:00 pm. If you go to YK and want to gain a greater understanding of the area, book a tour with her, You won't be disappointed.
While checking in I met up with a couple of guys who were attending the same conference. Adam said that he and Andrea had rented a car and were going for a hike. Kindly they invited me. In less than 15 minutes I was back out into the sun and driving northeast out of YK. We returned about 7:30 for the conference's welcome reception.
The next evening was a visit to a place called Aurora Village. Tourists (I'm told mostly Japanese) spend upwards of $500 for a 3 hour stint in heated outdoor seats, hoping for great views of the Aurora Borealis. The place was great - large teepees that would hold up to 80 people each, to warm up after being in the Arctic cold. Our dinner of bison and whitefish was terrific.
That same evening, before going and after returning to the hotel, I went to a very nearby lake and shot some waterfowl and muskrat. The reddish haze turned out to be forest fire smoke from far off fires.
After the conference wound up, I again walked out to the old part of YK. The sun was so strong that most of those shots were not very good. However the heat of the day got me ready for the next leg of my trip...Calgary where temperatures were forecast to approach 40 degrees.
A Great Horned Owl chick. We never saw mom or dad.
For Glenn's son's info; This and the next shot are merges or 128 separate images each.
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