Pocahontas and John Smith tackle the Yukon
This weekend was intense. B-ryan and I were a bit tired of hiking and figured we would do something a little different this week. Jackie from NPS let us borrow her canoe and so we decided to take on one of the toughest rivers in the Yukon-- the Kathleen (not a very ominous name, but don't let it fool you). We ended up capsizing five times, missed falling over a waterfall and portaged the canoe around a gorge of granite cliffs and churning whirlpools. It was one of the most terrifying things I've done in a while. . . even the "mellow" parts were full of strainers and the river was so curvy that we had to make several sharp turns. We found out once we were done that the canoe shop in town doesn't even rent to people going down that river b/c the boats always break! It was quite the epic.
After our intense canoe trip, we decided to take a mellow bike ride through Kluane national Park.
We set up camp on this island. We had capsized and we were swept to this little spot. We decided to explore around the bend before going onward. It was a good thing we did, b/c right after that bend about 20 meters down was an 8 foot waterfall that fell onto a bunch of rocks!
Every night Brian is in charge of putting on a Ranger Program at Sheep Camp for the Hikers on the chilkoot. This game is pretty funny to watch-- you can let slack or pull hard to try and pull the person off the rock. The winner gets a special surprise from the Ranger Station (like fresh baked bread).
On the pass into Canada. Last weekend Brian was on shift, so I got to hike up Friday for work and spent the rest of the weekend hiking around with him.
After our intense canoe trip, we decided to take a mellow bike ride through Kluane national Park.
We set up camp on this island. We had capsized and we were swept to this little spot. We decided to explore around the bend before going onward. It was a good thing we did, b/c right after that bend about 20 meters down was an 8 foot waterfall that fell onto a bunch of rocks!
Every night Brian is in charge of putting on a Ranger Program at Sheep Camp for the Hikers on the chilkoot. This game is pretty funny to watch-- you can let slack or pull hard to try and pull the person off the rock. The winner gets a special surprise from the Ranger Station (like fresh baked bread).
On the pass into Canada. Last weekend Brian was on shift, so I got to hike up Friday for work and spent the rest of the weekend hiking around with him.
posted by Angela at 5:01 PM
5 Comments:
Angela,
Great post! I love the pictures of your adventures! I can't believe you canoed down that crazy river. It's a good thing none of us know what you are planning before hand because I would have been worried stiff for you! Glad it turned out well, though and that you and Brian had a good time. Keep the updates coming!
Emily
You guys are CRAZY!!! The canoe trip sounded like fun if you like near-death experiences =) Good thing you capsized, heh? Great pics!
Sarah
My hottie pa tottie sister--
I love your posts! They are always so exciting and I especially love all hte pics you are posting recently. Makes me so happy! You guys are so adventurous! And cute. I'm going to miss you, Angie poo.
-Linz
I see we're still sportin' the black spandex pants, eh?
angela...you are crazy! I hope you're being more carful out there than you are making it sound. I ran into your grandma the other day at Winco. We chatted through the fruit and vegetable isles. We talked about you in Alaska...then about you and Brian...then about the dangers of Alaska...then about me...then about Idaho Falls...well anyways, you get the idea. It was fun to see her. She's a very energetic lady.
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