Monday, January 9, 2012

Back to the Dempster 2011 – Part 7

Whitehorse is a lovely city.  In my opinion, just the right size.  It has lots of attractions and time should definitely be spent there enjoying the city.  When we had arrived it had been nice and sunny and would have been a good time for taking pictures, but we had chores to do…when we got up the next morning..it was raining…so after topping up the propane tanks, we were headed out of town, to the Klondike highway, and hence, north wards.

Fox Lake

our first stop was at Fox Lake.  There is a nice campground here on the shores of this very large lake.  If you had a boat it would no doubt be a wonderful place to stay.  There wasn’t much in the way of walking trails though for those ‘boat-less’ people.  The rain had stopped at this stage…

Campground at Fox Lake

this just shows a few of the lakeside campsites…most were up in the trees…also shows the Yarrow in flower…

Herring Gull

There was an adult Herring Gull here…a little late in the season…most had already headed south.

Twin Lakes

our destination for that day was Twin Lakes Territorial Park.  We had stayed here on our first trip and liked it…and yes, we stayed in the same spot, or at least the site beside it.  The weather hadn’t improved much but it was dry when we got there and as it was early in the day still we went for a wander to see what we could find…

Small-flowered Paintbrush

some pink Indian Paintbrush…actually called ‘Small-flowered Paintbrush’

Arctic Aster

some ‘Arctic Asters’ – a bit bedraggled and past their prime…

Rose hips and fall colour

some fall colour courtesy of a wild rose bush…

Orange Birch Bolete

and more fungi – this being an Orange Birch Bolete

Mushroom in Kinnikinnik

this guy in Kinnikinnik….

Aspen Bolete?

These, possibly Aspen Bolete carpeting the ground…

Unknown mushroom

these little guys…

More mushrooms and lichen

and these, growing in the lichen…

Magpie on the firepit

there were birds too…including a number of very tame Dark-billed Magpie – I still have trouble associating these birds with the Yukon…

Myrtle Yellow-rump Warbler

a flock of Yellow-rump Warblers…these being the myrtle variety…

Juvenile Slate Coloured Junco

and lots of very young Dark-eyed Junco…most of the slate variety…

Juvenile Slate Coloured Junco

these guys were so young they were still being fed by the parents…and remember we are now well past the middle of August!  Presumably this is normal for this species since we saw youngsters like this all over…perhaps they were a second hatch…

Supper please

If I recall, the weather went downhill from there and it rained the rest of the afternoon and all night.  This is April saying ‘where is supper?’ – doesn’t matter that she’s already eaten and this is our supper that is being prepared! 

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