Saturday morning in Whitehorse. Overcast but with a promise of sunny periods. While the rest of my group spread out around the city, I went in search of a new cable release for my camera. And hurrah, I was successful! Small things mean much to photographers.
This afternoon we visited the Yukon Wildlife Preserve, a 700 acre home to 13 species of northern Canadian animals. The enclosures are vast and mimic the natural environment of each species minus the fences. It was great fun taking photographs – I felt like a kid again, let loose in a zoo. Not all species chose to model for us – we never saw a Canada lynx or a snowshoe hare and the muskoxen refused to wake up and wander over to us. But many of the animals were quite gracious in the face of our intrusion.
Following the excitement of the wildlife preserve we needed a little R&R and found it at the Takhini Hot Springs. No photos from me as my equipment is not waterproof though Mike brought in a camera. When I receive photos from him I **MAY** post some! 🙂
We headed out to the aurora borealis viewing site at 10:30 pm but no lights appeared. 😦 We gave up around midnight and headed back to the hotel for a most welcome (relatively) early night. We are happy we saw such a good display on our first night!
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