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.
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…
this just shows a few of the lakeside campsites…most were up in the trees…also shows the Yarrow in flower…
There was an adult Herring Gull here…a little late in the season…most had already headed south.
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…
some pink Indian Paintbrush…actually called ‘Small-flowered Paintbrush’
some ‘Arctic Asters’ – a bit bedraggled and past their prime…
some fall colour courtesy of a wild rose bush…
and more fungi – this being an Orange Birch Bolete
this guy in Kinnikinnik….
These, possibly Aspen Bolete carpeting the ground…
these little guys…
and these, growing in the lichen…
there were birds too…including a number of very tame Dark-billed Magpie – I still have trouble associating these birds with the Yukon…
a flock of Yellow-rump Warblers…these being the myrtle variety…
and lots of very young Dark-eyed Junco…most of the slate variety…
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…
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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