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Post by Joan on Apr 24, 2014 3:31:10 GMT
Well I am off to the Yukon again. I will leave on Fri with my son and grandson, they live in Whitehorse Yukon . Am packing up my cook books and wool as I keep busy filling two deepfreezes and knit or crochet while waiting for bread to rise etc. This is the first trip in the spring I have been in winter at minus 40 and in summer when the sun never sets, so will be interesting. Keep well and I hope to put up some pictures when I come back in June!~!
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Post by sandrainsydney on Apr 25, 2014 11:51:42 GMT
I will wait patiently!
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Post by maeve on May 1, 2014 20:39:18 GMT
Looking forward to your photos and observations, Joan. Safe travel to you!
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Post by ragdall on May 5, 2014 11:41:47 GMT
On April 30th, Mr. rags and I drove about two and a half hours to Barkerville, a reconstructed gold rush town. We wanted to wander and take a few photos before they reopen for tourists, May 15th. We expected some snow but were surprised at how much there was, just five days ago. The last of the snow in our town had melted a couple of days prior to this, (except where it was piled up by snow clearing operations). 
Walking carefully There are more photos, if you're interested. flic.kr/s/aHsjXaZjUdThe first three pictures were taken in the Town of Wells, which is less than ten minutes before arriving in Barkerville. Crews had been carving the snow out from the streets in Barkerville and hauling it away. I'm wondering if enough of the snow will be gone in two weeks time when the town is officially open? rags |
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Post by sandrainsydney on May 5, 2014 15:33:53 GMT
amazing pics for this person who has only once seen snow!
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Post by ragdall on Sept 10, 2014 0:47:08 GMT
We went back to Barkerville, September 6th, with my daughter-in-law and three grandchildren, to enjoy entertainment on "Cowboy and Drovers Weekend". I photographed this building for you to compare Apr, 30 with Sep. 6. 
Log cabin by diffuse, on Flickr 
Emerging from the snow by diffuse, on Flickr More photos from Barkerville. www.flickr.com/gp/diffuse/5tjC57/ I'll be adding more photos when I have time. |
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Post by sandrainsydney on Sept 10, 2014 7:28:21 GMT
great pics as always, rags
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Post by ragdall on Sept 11, 2014 1:01:13 GMT
Thank you, Sandra. I hope it's interesting for others to have a small window into my part of the world.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Sept 11, 2014 13:32:52 GMT
yes!
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Post by jennieg on Sept 12, 2014 2:10:20 GMT
Rags, because we don't have winters like those we can have trouble realising just how severe they can be! Snowy pictures are very beautiful, we can admire them from afar because we don't have to live in those conditions.
On the other hand, last summer this town had its hottest temperature ever - 45.1 deg C on January 3. On that same day our friends in North Bay, ON had a temperature of minus 39 deg C which is a differential of more than 80 degrees.......now that's really hard to get my head round.
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Post by ragdall on Sept 14, 2014 4:08:14 GMT
Jennie,
I hope that I never experience 45.1 deg C. I don't know how you folks can survive in it.
I love [looking at] the snow and don't usually mind the cold as we can either choose to stay inside a toasty warm house or bundle up and go out. There is nothing I could do to escape from heat outdoors. When it was 38 C here for a day or two we hid in the cool basement until it passed.
rags
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