6 April
Easter Friday
and all the shops were open in Whitehorse
Government offices are closed today but not on Monday.

So I drove the about 500km to Keno Hill Camp, at what was once known as the mining town of Elsa just 15km south of Keno City (remember: population 13 - might be smaller by now).



High grey cloudy overcast kind of day but the snow flurries had stopped and the sealed roads were mostly clear and dry. Travelled by the Yukon River and stopped to view the Five Fingers Rapids - not that there was any rapiding going on - at least above the ice - and there were no paddle steamers going up them.

The last 50km north of Mayo is a gravel road and here there was still some snow cover. I am driving a truck that has a little thermometer embedded in the rear mirror so I noted that over the 5 - 6 hour trip that the temperature ranged from minus 4 degrees plus 4 degrees, and I am told that it has been the warmest day at Keno yet - and they are talking about the "break up" having started, and I must have brought it. Good - I don't need any twenty below sort of stuff.

A quick look around confirms that there won't be any field work done this trip, since there is still at least a metre of the white stuff out there in the bushes. But there are two drill rigs on the go.

The camp has some outside appearance changes with a new kitchen/dining room in construction and changes to the core logging place - these are running a month behind schedule because of the very cold winter they have had, but otherwise everything else looks, feels much like it was when I was here in October.

I am asking why am I even here, it wasn't just to swap rooms and get one with a view.
Will keep you posted.