a late spring in the Yukon...
the benefit of that is the stunning white-topped mountain views as a backdrop to the emerging greens
yesterday we went to Carcross, an hour's drive south-west of Whitehorse
Bennett Lake, from the Carcross Desert
Carcross is where the Tutshi paddlewheeler was based
my dad was a deckhand on it as a teenager one summer in the 1950s
it was decommissioned in 1955, beached and left alone until the Yukon government bought the boat in the early 1970s
shortly before its restoration was completed, it burnt in the summer of 1990.
the burned-out hull of the boat lay on the shore for decades and finally some work was done to create a viewing platform reminiscent of the length, width and height of the original boat when attached to the remnants of the bow
oh for a bit of that charred wood!
below is the old docking point, as seen in the photo near the top of this post
I love all the interesting details I captured - I've never been able to get this close to the Tutshi before so I was very glad to be able to get these interesting and inspiring images
the plan is print off a number of these photos to use in collage work and I'll also be interpreting some in stitch and paint, and whatever else comes to mind as I go
feeling inspired...