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Yukon Canoe trip

Napajohnb
2006-01-03 20:11:24

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very pleasant Native woman who was quite attentive and helpful. I was especially impressed by the Indian grave yard which is brightly painted fences and houses over the graves decorated by Indian symbols.

Back on the river for a few more kilometers and then camp.
Passed a large rock that reminded me of the rock of the Lorelei on the Rhine. Werner confirmed the similarity though he says much of the Rhine is channeled these days. Seems he knows the village of Wolfach, where my great grandmother. Emilie Baumann came from, quite well. It's not too far from Frankfurt apparently. He says it's a small town of about 10,000 souls situated in a canyon in the Black Forest .

I sawed some wood and then went for a short swim. All my swims are short for while the river is not frigid, it's not exactly comfortable either.
A storm threatened at super but seemed to dissipate, we'll see what the night brings.

I almost clobbered Sabine tonight. Some previous camper had fixed an upright log under another for some tarp shelter, probably, and I snagged the upright with my jacket and it came down just missing her head and grazing her hand. Another couple of inches and we'd of been calling an air ambulance with Thor's satellite phone.. We were spared!

All in all a great day but it's 11:00 PM and my internal clock does not want to sleep in this apparent early evening. I will get used to it I suppose.

Sunday - 7/21

Woke to a beautiful morning with a mist rising above the forested hills across the river. Went through the morning routine of sawing wood, doing breakfast dishes and packing all common and personal gear into our canoes. They seem to hold a lot for such small vessels. We stayed a bit longer than usual to boil some river water for our water jugs.

It's a glorious day on the river with high ...