Ice ice baby

From Watson Lake we made our way in our little bus to the city of Whitehorse. Here we had a little tour of an old paddleboat the "S.S. Klondike". That was quite an interesting little tour. We learned about how the paddleboat was used during the gold rush days and the mechanics of the thing. It no longer floats in water, but is up on dry land.

The city of Whitehorse is not very big, but it had a theatre where we saw "The Mummy". I started to notice how some of the vehicles had power leads that could be plugged into sockets overnight in winter so the engines wouldn't freeze up. Everyone loves to drive the big trucks around here.  

We stayed at a place out of town called, The Skyhigh Ranch". It was a neat camping spot by a lake that was almost totally frozen even though it was almost summer.

The ice looked hard enough to go walking out on to , but I just wasn't game enough to step out on it. The day was warm and pleasant. It was peaceful and scenic. The night didn't really come, but stayed dusk all through. This made it hard to get enough sleep because you didn't want to go to bed, but you had to force yourself as the mornings usually had an early start.

The next morning we set out on a 4 hour horse ride through the countryside. It was magic. The views, the flora, the fauna. My horse was called "Blazer" and my wife's was "Teddy". They knew where they were going from much practice. Thank goodness for that. Our bums were sore by the end of the ride, but it was fabulous.

The krokus flowers were already out having already signified the beginnings of summer. Looking at the landscape it is easy to imagine the native Indians wandering in decades past.