CONTINUATION OF OUR SERIES -WILDFOOD PROCESSING AKA FREE-TUCKER.PART 1 COLLECT MANY POPLAR TRICHS HAVING ESTABLIHED THERE EDIBILTY BY CONSULTING MUSHROOM GUIDEBOOK.
PART 2 SLICE AND DRY ON CONVENIENTLY SITED DRYING RACK THIS ALSO DRIVES OUT UNWANTED MAGGOTS AND RENDERS THEM HARMLESS.
PART 3 FINAL PRODUCT READY FOR STORAGE AND SUBSEQUENT REHYDYDRATION-SUPERB!!PEPERATION TIME 3 DAYS.
START OF HUNTING SEASON AT CHICKEN (MEANT TO BE CALLED PTARMIGAN AFTER THE GAME BIRD ALASKA'S SYMBOL-BUT THE FOUNDING FATHER'S COULDN;T SPELL IT).THIS PLACE IS ACCESSED BT THE ROUGH TOP OF THE WORLD HIGHWAY NEAR THE US MOST REMOTE BORDER POST.
THE CARNAGE WAS AKIN TO THE WESTERN FRONT IN WW1. HUNDREDS OF HUNTERS ON QUAD BIKES AND CAMOUFLAGE GEAR PURSUING MIGRATING CARBOU AND EVRYTHING ELSE ALSO IT SEEMED.
THIS IS NOT A DIRTY GRILL. IT IS A ROAD KILL DINNER PLATE. SO FAR ENJOYED BY A BLACK BEAR,NUMEROUS BIG-HORN SHEEP AND COUNTLESS RAVENS WHEN WE PARK UP AT NIGHT.
LESSER CHIPMUNK-MANY SPECIES OF SUIRRELS AND CHIPMUNKS.
TOOK A WHILE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PHOTO A MOOSE HAD SEEN PLENTY .
PLAINS BISON-UNBELIEVABLE THAT 60 MILLION WERE REDUCED TO 1000 BY 1900.
WOODLANDS BISON
OILWELLS,GAS LINES,OLD COALTOWNS DOT AND CRISS-CROSS THE MILES OF TREELESS PRAIRIE OF RIPENING GRAIN AND CANOLA. MOST STOCK IS IN HUGE FENCED FEEDLOTS ALTHOUGH GRAZING OCCURS IS THE ROUGH FESCUE GRASSLANDS OF COWBOY FAME.WIND TURBINES THE NEW PLAYER ON THE BLOSK ESPECIALLY IN THE WIND DOMINATED SOUTH.
TOWNS AND CITIES STARTED AS FUR TRADING POSTS OR RCMP FORTS TO DRIVE OUT THE WHIKEYS PEDDLARS FROM THE US. THIS IS FORT MACLEOD WHERE SCENES FROM BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN WERE SHOT.
THE LUCKY ONES NOT IN FEEDLOTS.
ROYAL TYRELL MUSEUM THE DINOSAUR CENTRE OF THE WORLD. MR T. REX.
THE BADLANDS WHOSE CRETACEOUS SANDSTONE HARBOURS A POT POURRI OF DINOSAUR FOSSILS. NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED ANNUALLY.MUSEUM AND LABORATIES STATE OF THE ART.
SPECTACULAR AND BREATHTAKING SCENERY. GRAND FOLDED MOUNTAINS,ACCESSIBLE GLACIERS,EASY-DIFFICULT TRAILS,TOURIST HOTSPOTS AND SERENITY,AMAZING TURQUOISE LAKES AND AWESOME SUNRISES AND SUNSETS. ANGEL GLACIER.
ATHABASCA GLACIER-DIDN'T TAKE THE SPECIAL BUSES THAT DRIVE ON TO IT!!
HECTOR LAKE
LAKE LOUISE THE MOST FAMOUS.TOOK A LOT OF SKILL TO AVOID THE PLAGUES OF VISITORS.
SMOW DOME
I HAVE HAD A LONG FASCINATION AND INTEREST IN THE KLONDIKE GOLDRUSH OF 1898. IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC VISITING THE SIGHTS,RE-READING A LOT OF THE HISTORY AND CAMPING NEAR THE HISTORIC SITES.THIS IS THE CONFLUENCE OF THE YUKON AND KLONDIKE. WE WERE CAMPED AT WHERE THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN.DAWSON CITY IN FOREGROUND.
KLONDIKE VALEEY 96KM'S OF DREDGE TAILINGS AND ACTIVE MINES.
WHEN THE RUSH WAS OVER MOST UP STAKES AND DOWN THE YUKON TO NOME ON THE BERING SEA.
THE NICE THING ABOUT THE LONG DAYS (STILL 19 HOURS DAYLIGHT IN AUGUST) IS THAT I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HOLD THE LANTERN WHILE SHE GATHERS THE WOOD!
AFTER SEEING AT LEAST THREE STREAMS WITH THE NAME NO NAME CREEK WE COMMENTED ON THE LACK OF IMAGINATION FOR PLACE NAMES. THEN WE CAME ACROSS THIS PLACE ON THE DALTON HIGHWAY. RIGHT UP WITH ANUS (ARNOO) A VILLAGE WE SAW IN FRANCE
HAD TO BE TAKEN!!
NOT EXACTLY MT MCKINLEY BUT A PLEASANT CLIMB WITH SPECTACULAR VIEWS OVER DENALI NP. MT HEALEY
THE OIL PIPELINE BECAME LIKE A FRIEND AS WE FOLLWED IT ALONG MOST OF ITS 800MILES IT WAS ALWAYS THERE ZIG-ZAGGING OVER TUNDRA,THROUGH BOREAL FORESTS , UNDER RIVERS AND UNSTOPPED BY ICE AND FIRE.4 FT IN DIAMETER,12FT SLIDE ON MOUNTS FOR THERMAL EXPANSION AND SEISMIC MOVEMENT,1.5 MILLION BARRELS A DAY.TRULY A MODERN WONDER OF THE WORLD
SUN AT 3PM FAIRBANKS AT HEIGHT OF WILDFIRES .ROCINANTE AWOKE TO A COVER OF ASH THE NEXT DAY. WE DROVE ALONGSIDE FIRES .THEY ARE FAIRLY TAME WHERE THE BOREAL FOREST IS VERY STUNTED BUT THEY COVER MILLIONS OF ACRES, MOST FIRE FIREFIGHTING IS CONTROLLED BURNING TO KEEP AWAY FROM TOWNS AND CABINS IN REMOTE LOCATIONS
THE ELUSIVE MT MCKINLEY (ON THE LEFT)
RUSSIANS LEGACY-A LOT OF INDIGENOUS ARE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ESPECIALLY COASTAL AREAS.NO SEATS .IT IS DISREPECTFUL TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD WHEN SITTING -AN ORTHODOX PRIEST TOLD ME. I WONDER IF DEAF PEOPLE ARE EXEMPT?