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What to do in Whitehorse?
... chick over from the hostel to watch movies and then drove her back to the hostel. When he returned he told us that the northern lights were out. We walked about 15 minutes at about 1am in the morning and we could just see them. So, we walked back and jumped into the car. Mackenzie drove us out to a better viewing spot and they were brighter. We whistled at them because we were told that they dance more when being whistled at. We were also told that it was not considered polite ...
Paddling Yukon, Whitehorse
... místní řeku. Nakonec jsme zvolili tu nějvětší a nejznámnější – Yukon river. Dva dny jsme pádlovali po proudu této řeky. Nejdříve jsme však museli převést naše auto na místo, kde budeme náš výlet po řece končit a zpět do Whitehorse dojet stopem. Měli jsme tak skvělě připravené auto na místě, kde opustíme řeku. ...
On The Road Again
... where we had to wait for a pilot car, and a few "dusty" sections where the road would disappear into the cloud of dust if I was too close to the car ahead of me. Once this happens once, you realize that a bit of distance between cars is really important.
As we approached Whitehorse the rain began again, so Linda and Andy checked into their motel and ...
Going back a few thousand years in the Yukon...
... to look at the map of the world when the sea was that much lower. The UK was just a large bulge on Western Europe and was at least twice as big. Japan was connected to mainland Asia, Newfoundland was connected to Canada and had an extension as large as Newfoundland is today.
After the museum, we drove briefly through the city of Whitehorse, which is situated on the banks of the Yukon river. After stopping for some shopping, we were on the road again.
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Creation is Revealing His Majesty
... lake is not at all fitting for the ‘interesting’ poem. It was much too pretty a lake for a poem about someone freezing to death. The lake had a perfect reflection of the small mountains and sunset. We got there a little after 11:00pm so we got to see a sunset! The sun sets around 11:00 to 11:30 and it rises again at about 4:30ish. It feels perfectly normal to be driving or eating dinner up here at 10:30 ...


