Shallow Bay to Deep Creek Adventure Run

I enjoyed the run/trek part of the small adventure races I've run, but then the rest of those races (bike/paddle, etc.) was always a slog.  I convinced Brent to do our own Adventure Run, without all of the other "stuff".  So today we had a totally awesome run from our friends' place near Shallow Bay (s. end of Lake Laberge), over the grassy hills and ridges west of Jackfish Bay, to finish near Deep Creek.  Totally good route, lots of great open hill sides to run on, great weather.

Here's our silly pictures from the run,



and then route we took (be patient, the map takes a little while to load).  Click on the map to add the satellite view, then you can see all the nice grassy hills.




Ok, and extra geeky, the 3d flythrough:

Yukon's Reservoir Levels -June 1st Update

Lake levels are rising quickly - already the stored energy in Yukon's reservoirs is at 27% (up 18% in just two weeks!)   Marsh Lake is filling quickly.  Also Aishihik may fill quick since the Aishihik plant was shut down for the month of June to install the third turbine (see the Yukon Energy blog post here about the need to conserve even now!)

Yukon's Reservoir Levels - May 15th Update

Update of the energy storage graph for the Yukon.  Mayo and Aishihik Lakes are starting to refill.  Marsh Lake is down to low supply.  Overall, energy storage is down to 9%, most of which is in Aishihik Lake.

Eco-Beer

No fossil fuels were harmed in the drinking of this beer (well almost no fossil fuels):

Heard of the "100-Mile Diet"?  Well this is my "100-Mile Drinking Diet" - that is drinking products only made within a 100 miles.  Here in Whitehorse, this pretty much limits us to Yukon Brewing Company products.  I just re-discovered my growlers, and so I refilled them on my way home from work today.  Fossil-Fuel-Free elements of tonight's refreshment include:

• locally produced beer, using local, sustainably produced City of Whitehorse drinking water,
• powered by renewable hydroelectricity for the Whitehorse dam,
• decanted directly into my growler bottle at the brewery (no transportation, other than rolling the keg over to the taps)
• using a re-usable glass bottle,
• and conveyed back home in my Xtracycle!

I'm sure the grain and other ingredients are from outside, but really that is a small proportion of the total embodied energy to this tasty beverage.  

Yukon's Reservoir Levels - May 1st Update

Update of the energy storage graph for the Yukon.  Looks like Mayo Lake is basically down to its low level, and Marsh is getting down to the bottom (1% energy storage left).  But lakes have started to level off, so maybe spring freshet is here to start re-filling the battery.  Overall, energy storage is down to 9%, most of which is in Aishihik Lake.