Guess what time of year it is ... Yukon Quest time!! Our town is filling with lots and lots of one ton vehicles all sporting dog boxes with sleds on top. The race begins this year in Whitehorse on Saturday. For those of you who lived in the north, yes, the Edgewater is still here, as you can see in the above photo with Horwood's Mall (remember T & D's ??) right across the road.Had an update from the "kids" in Argentina. The latest travel blog was about, among other things, the ZOO in Mendoza and how upon leaving the facility, Brooke cried for the animals. I Youtubed the Mendoza zoo and other than the tourism videos which shows a modern lively entertaining facility, personal videos show a very different picture - especially the one of the zoo keeper removing a dead tiger from its cage, then proceeding to skin the animal right there. Oh my, now I know why she would cry.
On a brighter note, they are in wine country and have toured local wineries as well as an olive oil factory. They toured the one and only organic winery in South America. As well, they have wine with their dinners and suggest Luigi Bosca Wine if you ever see it in the wine store.
And for all you hockey fans (which doesn't include me unfortunately) Whitehorse will be hosting HOCKEY DAY IN CANADA on February 12 - not this Saturday, but next Saturday.
The name of the event is a bit of a misnomer, as there will be a near week-long celebration in the area. There will be youth hockey events, banquets and appearances by a host of NHL alums, including Kelly Hrudey, Kevin Weekes, Trevor Linden, Wendel Clark, Reggie Leach, Pat Quin, Brad May and Tim Taylor. The Stanley Cup and Memorial Cup will be on hand, as will Calgary Flames mascot Harvey the Hound and Toronto Maple Leafs mascot Carlton the Bear.
Ron MacLean will host most of CBC's 13 1/2 hours of live coverage from an outdoor rink at the Canada Games Center in Whitehorse, starting at noon ET. He'll move inside Tahkini Arena later in the day, where the Vancouver Giants will play the Kamloops Blazers in a key Western Hockey League game. That game will serve as the backdrop to regular the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast, including MacLean and Don Cherry hosting Coach's Corner and the Hot Stove panel.
So if you want to see a bit of the north, you may want to tune your TV to CBC and see if you can catch some of the hockey action.
2 comments:
Make a big sign and see if you can get on tv for hockey day in Whitehorse! Our tv will definetly be on that channel that day,hope to see you waving to us! j.
Sounds exciting for the North with all the Hockey stuff - Would love to be their. Love hockey!
February in Whitehorse is so much fun. I hope you have a ton of fun!
Zoos somewhat leave me wanting - enough said!
While Whitehorse is preparing for this we down here in TDOT are getting ready for Super Bowl - we rejoined COSTCO and AT got his own card to go out this Saturday to buy food with his friends. Our house will be A - BUZZZ on Satuday with Super Bowl - mmmmmm what will I be doing - well - last year our stove broke with all the food and this year we have a new one - soooooooo Jim and I will be up cooking all the food that they get at Costco and celebrating with them.
Have a blast this February CLR - this sounds like an exiting time for your community. MJT
xxxooo
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