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The Deck Chairs
The day I went down to Oliver to photograph the desert vineyards we stopped at Burrowing Owl winery for lunch. One of the things I love about the Okanagan region is that a lot of the wineries have these absolutely amazing restaurants with haute cuisine. Because I have a digestive disease I don’t normally like [...]
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Alaska Yukon Trip 21
Day 10
August 31, 2009: Saying goodbye, reluctantly, to Alaska today. But Hello Yukon! We have friends waiting for us at the end of the road today. The drive from Skagway mostly follows the White Pass railroad. Until the Yukon border you are pretty much going uphill the whole way. The scenery and terrain is awesome. [...]
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Alaska Yukon Trip 20
Day 9
August 30, 2009: After touring around Dyea we headed back down the narrow, dirt, mountain road into Skagway. We stopped at the trailhead for the Chilkoot Trail, but couldn’t actually go up the trail because it was closed due to flooding. I went beyond the trail closed marker because I hadn’t come all this [...]
