My Walks Behind The House

I live in Northern Canada and fall is such an inspiration to me. I thought I would document some of the eye candy I see every day when I take little Ripley for her walk.

Here we are walking behind my house-this is in my yard:

Notice how the trail goes up slightly? About 2 minutes walk up this little hill from my back door I see this:

Is that fantastic or what??? I always pause at this point and just look around. I didn’t get a chance as the light was fading, but the mountains wrap around 3/4 of the way.

Although I have only seen about 5 people on the trails in over 3 years (seriously!), obviously others enjoy this area. It is on Queen’s Land, so open to all.

This bench is 6 minutes from the back door.

  See Ripley?  :-)

 

Fall is here and the leaves have changed colour or in this case, are gone.

About 10 minutes from my house, I reach this area. It is a small section of the Yukon River. There is also a bench here to rest, meditate or just enjoy the scenery.

The green trees are pine and evergreen. There are no green leaves left. In the North, you get yellow or orange leaves only. We do not have any (or few) native red leafed trees. 

 The area at the bottom is a clay cliff. We have a lot of them in the Yukon and the land is mostly sand based. Top soil for any lawns must be brought in.

Snow on the mountains. Winter is about a month away.

 

It was about 8pm when I went for this walk and it was amazing how quickly the light changed. This picture was taken about 5 minutes after the one above.

About 30 minutes into this walk, the sun was setting quickly and the sky was beautiful. I wish I could capture this in a dyed piece: 

 

And more sky pictures!

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Here comes the moon! I went home right after this picture was taken. These last pictures are about 1/2 hour from my house.

And this is just one of the trails I can walk right from my back yard!