Adventure Time

Hey guys! Long time no talk, how has your summer been? We’ve been trying our hardest to actually start getting out this summer. The joys of not working! So we decided to take another little trip yesterday before I flew off to Vancouver for school.

We hopped in the car sans dogs this time and headed north. Munchies in hand and Tim Hortons in the cup holders we set off music blaring and conversation errupting. What were we hunting for? Well a few things, morel mushrooms for one, we have always had a lot of fires some summers and they grow best the year after and the next. So we headed up past Carmacks and stopped at Eagle Rock to check out the site of the Columbian Disaster and the story of the Giant Toad!

Eagle Rock Taken by Lily

The Giant Toad Story Taken by Kimberley

After scouring burned wood lots we headed back south and stopped at the old Agate mine just outside Carmacks. It’s quite the nice hike up the hill if you want to do it or along the creek bed. 1/3 of a mile from the little clearing you’ll find the gorgeous white agate deposits. 1/4 of a mile from the clearing on the creek bed you’ll find the geodes. Don’t be fooled they aren’t the nice fully hollow formed ones you get in the store, they’re just baby ones starting. If you follow the trail up the hill, you’ll hit points on the switchbacks where you’ll see the dark blue-green agate. It’s a gorgeous little walk especially on a sunny day and one of those hidden gems not even most local Yukoners know about.

Happy Travelling!

xoxo

Lily

The Perfect Shot

So when you are looking for the perfect shot while taking landscape photography, sometimes small bushes and whatnot get in your way of the shot you want. Lily’s solution in Tombstone Park last summer was this. The sunset was epic, and at some point we will definitely be adding a couple of the shots we got of it, but I figured I’d share some fun with you first. (That mountain in the background is Goldensides, which we climbed the following afternoon after a freezing cold sleep in our tent.)  – Kimberley

Lily resorting to drastic measures to get the shot 😉

Confluence

So to kick things off, I figured I’d share a photo I took last summer from the Midnight Dome in Dawson City, YT. Looking down the valley at the confluence of the Yukon River (the muddy one) and the Klondike River. This was taken last July when we spent a week in Dawson visiting and doing mine and dredge tours and whatnot. (Fake Believe Photography can be found on Facebook and on a separate blog here.) – Kimberley

Yukon River at Dawson, as seen from the Midnight Dome