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NorthWestTerritories
August
16 -
September
2nd,
2002
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NorthWestTerritories
August
16 -
September
2nd,
2002
| Yellowknife - views from Pilot's Monument |
House boats |
Joliffe Island |
Latham Island |
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| YZF
Yellowknife Airport |
tower |
controlling |
tower - sunset |
sunset.. |
| Flight
to Ekati Diamond Mine
Buffalo Airlines,
It was a cargo flight and we sat in the jumpseats
up in the cockpit |
please start.. please start.. |
taking off |
"ditching exit" |
view out window.. it's still on.. |
at Ekati |
boarding.. first class |
view of mines |
co-pilot
carrie.. |
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another view of the mines |
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| Fishing Trip - various points on Ingrham Trail |
it sure looks calm from the dock.. |
curtis - whitecaps starting.. |
curtis and i.. whitecaps.... |
trying really hard not to tell carrie that there are whitecaps forming behind her.. she looks so happy... |
click on map for route - it will stay open in a different window than pictures - the dotted lines are the routes of the 2 flights we took |
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| The Waterfall Route out of Yellowknife |
drity car - Fort Providence |
church in Fort Providence |
Buffalo.. 104 by trip end |
Lady Evelyn Falls - Kakisa |
Bear #1 |
looking downstream from Alexandra Falls |
on the edge - alexandra falls |
"too close to the falls".. alexandra falls |
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| Hay River - Aug 22 |
Hay river sunset (Great Slave Lake) |
hay river campfire |
hay river airport (YHY) |
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| Wood Buffalo National Park - Aug 23 |
salt plains.. where she first tried to kill me... but i survived. |
tasting the salt - yep, it's salty |
tasting the salt.. |
bear #2 |
| Fort
Smith - Aug 23 there's nothing to do or see here.... the museum was closed for renovations.. so we just sat in the sun |
maybe we should have read the board? |
getting some sun.. not too concerned about looking at the pelicans on the rocks below (someone had stolen the telescope) |
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| Fort
Simpson - Aug 24 the camping trip that wasn't - 19 bears shot so far that year in fort simpson - one nght spent in a motel, the other in a garage... |
Samba Deh falls - atop a crevice... |
waiting for the ferry.. catching some sun |
the campsite we never camped in.. wardens were chasing bears out of the campground.. |
The garage we did sleep in, courtesy of Chris at Wolverine Air |
| Flight seeing trip to Nahanni National Park |
into first canyon |
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Ram Plateau |
Little Doctor Lake |
| Nahanni Park - Virginia Falls - August 25/02 |
aerial view of falls
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aerial 2, after the drop. |
hiking.. i almost look like i know what I'm doing... |
hiking along the top of the falls, .. if you push me, I'm taking you down with me. "Denis the fishman", aka our SugarDaddy took this photo |
view of falls from trail |
view upstream of falls.. just before the edge |
outhouse on the trail.. tricep workout... |
eating lunch overlooking the falls.. pilot "chris" in background.. carrie insisted on calling him "steve" |
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| flight back to Fort Simpson |
coming in for a landing on the river (McKenzie?) |
pilot's doggie. in the background are the feet of - Chris, Aaron, and Dennis |
Wolverine airbase |
Fort Simpson Airport (YFS) |
| Back
in Yellowknife
- August 27 - September 1st
Homeless.... and wandering.
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wildcat cafe |
car on rooftop parking lot 1950/60 Porsche |
houses on latham island |
"this is not a store" |
sunset from Pilot's monument |
"experimental" exhibit at Museum. No shoes allowed |
depressed doggie - Yonka |
doggie.. |
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"this is a driveway" (yellowknifers seem keen on labelling things) |
bee on flowers |
house on hillside |
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B&B - view from window - sunset over harbour |
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| Check Out Party - August 30, 2002 |
carrie - alcohol in water gun .. bad aim. why didn't I fire the gun, why, oh why.. |
eric - open up.... off the teeth. |
northern lights over house |
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Yellowknife
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frame lake - no parking |
frame lake sunset |
airport carousel |
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Chloe,
the kitten
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Chloe 7-8 weeks
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chloe, in the sun.. 2 dings on her forehead from Shamu, the older cat.. |
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