Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Cheri July-8-08
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We are free today to check out the shops, get groceries and top of with gas.
We went into town about 10:30am. We stopped at the visitor’s center to watch their film “As the Crow Flies.” It’s all about the Yukon. From there it was on down to the Smith House for our free parking pass and Whitehorse pin.
We checked out the Bear’s Paw Quilt shop. They had beautiful quilting fabrics and wildlife prints.
We stopped to take a few pictures of the Old Log Church built in 1900. It’s one of the oldest buildings in Whitehorse. The backs of the buildings across the street were all painted with murals. It looked as if there was an ally between the buildings, a bicycle leaning against one of the buildings, barrels on one side of the alley, a truck along side of the buildings. It had store fronts and boardwalks like an old town. It was a nice way to beautify the backs of buildings.
We also checked out the store Up North. It was a gallery of items all make by native Yukon’s. They had beautiful things.
We had to get a picture of the Slab of Native Copper outside the MacBride Museum. It weighs 2,590 lbs. In 1950 prospectors found the copper on the upper White River. This is the Yukon’s largest copper nugget.
Gay wanted to check out the Canadian Tire store and then it’s was off to the Canadian Super Store. It’s like our Wal-Mart. We picked up a few groceries and then headed back to the 5th wheel.
At 5:45 we headed for the hall here in the park for our grilled steak dinner. Michelle Phillips, lady musher, was our guest. She sat at our table so we got to ask her lots of questions regarding the Yukon Quest and how she trains her dogs. After dinner she got up in front of our group and told us about her life as a musher and what she goes through to compete in the races. We became one of her sponsors for this year’s race. For $50 we will get her newsletters and will be updated on the race. We bought her 1000 Mile Dog Sled Journal and CD. It was an interesting evening.
We had to make another urn downtown to check out the Log Skyscraper. In 1939 Martin Berrigan came to Whitehorse as a carpenter. Anyone who could build a cabin could make a lot of cash. To maximize space and accommodate more people, he built 2 & 3 story structures known locally as the “Log Skyscrapers”. They were neat to see. Good thing it doesn’t get dark until around 11:30pm so we got a number of pictures.
Gay has uploaded pictures of the day. See album: Whitehorse 7/8/08
We went into town about 10:30am. We stopped at the visitor’s center to watch their film “As the Crow Flies.” It’s all about the Yukon. From there it was on down to the Smith House for our free parking pass and Whitehorse pin.
We checked out the Bear’s Paw Quilt shop. They had beautiful quilting fabrics and wildlife prints.
We stopped to take a few pictures of the Old Log Church built in 1900. It’s one of the oldest buildings in Whitehorse. The backs of the buildings across the street were all painted with murals. It looked as if there was an ally between the buildings, a bicycle leaning against one of the buildings, barrels on one side of the alley, a truck along side of the buildings. It had store fronts and boardwalks like an old town. It was a nice way to beautify the backs of buildings.
We also checked out the store Up North. It was a gallery of items all make by native Yukon’s. They had beautiful things.
We had to get a picture of the Slab of Native Copper outside the MacBride Museum. It weighs 2,590 lbs. In 1950 prospectors found the copper on the upper White River. This is the Yukon’s largest copper nugget.
Gay wanted to check out the Canadian Tire store and then it’s was off to the Canadian Super Store. It’s like our Wal-Mart. We picked up a few groceries and then headed back to the 5th wheel.
At 5:45 we headed for the hall here in the park for our grilled steak dinner. Michelle Phillips, lady musher, was our guest. She sat at our table so we got to ask her lots of questions regarding the Yukon Quest and how she trains her dogs. After dinner she got up in front of our group and told us about her life as a musher and what she goes through to compete in the races. We became one of her sponsors for this year’s race. For $50 we will get her newsletters and will be updated on the race. We bought her 1000 Mile Dog Sled Journal and CD. It was an interesting evening.
We had to make another urn downtown to check out the Log Skyscraper. In 1939 Martin Berrigan came to Whitehorse as a carpenter. Anyone who could build a cabin could make a lot of cash. To maximize space and accommodate more people, he built 2 & 3 story structures known locally as the “Log Skyscrapers”. They were neat to see. Good thing it doesn’t get dark until around 11:30pm so we got a number of pictures.
Gay has uploaded pictures of the day. See album: Whitehorse 7/8/08
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