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Yukon Canoe trip

Napajohnb
2006-01-03 20:11:24

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who raised a family here. Now she just spends summers here with her grand kids and a pack of friendly dogs. She has a sign on the landing that says "The dogs are friendly and the coffee is hot!" in German. This tickled Werner.

Proceeded past the influx of the White river. Here the Yukon changes from green to brown from the silt. Went through a riffle here and shipped some water.

Came to a nice looking beach and landed early. Here we had to build a tent against the sun as it is broiling on this gravel beach.

Fruit salad and veggie rice for supper. We all have appetites from the paddling today!

We are sharing the beach with a solitary canoeist from Florida. He is on a nine month trip through Canada. This is his last leg of the trip and he expects to take another week to reach Dawson. Some trip!

We had a close look at a moose today as we passed one feeding by the bank. We were close enough to see the shine on her coat. She was a magnificent animal and her feeding method was interesting. She would grab a branch and give her head a swing and a jerk, stripping off all the leaves. There is a lot of strength there!

Had a nice chat with our Swiss couple and Fred. Talked a bit about business and political issues of our countries. It was very interesting. They know Langnau and the Emmenthal Valley where my Mennonite Burkholder ancestors came from. All was quite sociable except some tenseness over the relative merits of out respective coffees. Werner opted out of this conversation and Toru was limited by his English and only responded to direct questions.
A fine day.

Wednesday - 7/24

Woke to a pleasant morning. Saw a moose across the river this morning. While these animals seem to have little fear of man it did amble in the direction away from us.

Brown craggy cliffs made of ancient ...