4 April 2007
Vancouver to Whitehorse

The clear skies of the past 2 days evaporated and it was cloudy with some rain showers in Vancouver this morning. Digging deeper I have learned that the 2 good days I had there were the first in about 3 weeks - so I was lucky to have had that walk down Commercial Drive.

Today was facing the reality of a corporate expectation of what work has to be done, before the flight to Whitehorse. Southern Yukon looked a mountainous sea of ice and snow that stretched for as far as the eye could see. Frozen lakes flowed from the glaciers that ponded in the cirques and barely a trace of man from 10,000m above. And the Yukon River is frozen over as evidenced by the snowmobile tracks that criss-cross it

It was about minus 2 degrees when I landed but it did not seem that cold. At 10pm it was still light and it was strange to see piles of snow - islands in the main street of town - as I emerged from a warm cafe and a glass of BC wine with an Alaskan halibut dinner.

Hey I have a couple of days here,
so keep you posted.