29 September 2007

Keno

A crisp clear night

and a moonrise over the Davidson Range

I drove up the hill and stole a moment of it

There is expectation of a magnetic storm tonight

and so perhaps we shall see another display

of the lights

up north

23 September
Keno



Another clear night and heavy frost this morning

I wanted to show you the view from my window at 3am this morning .....

22 September

Keno

In the sun at about 2 degrees

Overnight the world froze up with the on set of another of the annual ice ages

(BE WARNED: all you global warming converts

it's just a buzz in advance of a the next real ice age or meteorite strike - which ever gets here first)

So we were without water this morning - the maintenance job obviously wasn't done right

I saw the first of the Northern Lights in the frozen sky at 3am - so will try to photograph it next time.

And for those of you who can't visualise the old mining camp setting that we are living in

- here's a view of it today from the chopper with some of the 1980's mine shafts out there on the right of the road. We occupy some of the old buildings in the foreground for office, core logging and workshops; my house is up the road in the middle distance on the left, just under the little hill of quartzite, and the trailer bunkhouse and cookshack are in the centre middle distance where the two other roads come together. The mining town was called Elsa, I prefer to call it Keno.

21 September

Keno

Today it was fine, sunny and clear but quite nippy

I got on my gear, gloves and hat

and found the snow line on Sourdough Hill

Enjoyed being out by myself after being locked up in the office for the last little while with the bad weather. The snow got washed away from around camp, but it is sticking pretty well on the tops, and starting in on the drill rigs.

Tomorrow there is going to be a chopper in camp and

I plan to steal it away for a couple of hours

That will be to the middle hills across the lakes in the top photo -

to see some granite stuff that would be otherwise inaccessible.

Hope the weather holds good

I will take a shot looking the other way.

18 September 2007

Keno Hill Camp

Settling back into the swing of camp life

but now the mornings are dark

its freezing overnight

and the sun has come to set at 8pm

when its around

and the central heating has kicked in

The leaves are brilliant yellows

but will be shortlived

it snowed over the past couple of days on the hills

so today I waded through some of the white stuff

that is just starting to stick to the ground

However I need another couple of weeks of clear weather

to get stuff done around here

so I hope it warms up again for a little while at least

meanwhile

I've had to order in a couple of warm shirts

since the summer ones won't make the grade anymore

Where did the summer go ??

20 August - 10 September, 2007

Time in NZ

green and moist

to find some wine

catch a monkey

cut some trees and smell the flowers

have a party

go to a concert and

have some home time

I will return from the Yukon soon

where it is raining as i write

and the winter darkness

is drawing in early

Al