[lit-ideas] Re: Whitehorse
- From: Michael Chase <goya@xxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 08:16:01 +0100
Le 9 d=E9c. 04, =E0 01:56, Erin Holder a =E9crit :
> So I've been thinking about going up to the Yukon Territories this=20
> December. I
> checked the prices to Whitehorse, and you wouldn't believe how cheap=20=
> it is. I
> think that's because no one ever goes there, and why would they when=20=
> it's -45C?
> But really, you're only as cold as you feel. Truly. Sure, it's like,=20=
> $2000 if
> you want to take a plane, but by BUS? Well, that's only $200! It=20
> only takes
> 86 hours to get there. Of course, I'd only get to spend a day there=20=
> before I'd
> have to come back, but what's there to see in Whitehorse anyway?
M.C. In December=A0? Not a whole lot. Be sure to take a side-trip to=20
picturesque Carcross, Yukon, where there is (or was a few years ago) a=20=
bar with a bottle of whiskey containing the house specialty : a=20
Klondike goldigger's toe (that, at any rate, is what they tell=20
travellers). Careful, though, it's back luck to swallow it. A sip of=20
this speciality will nicely accompany the stories you will hear, for=20
instance the tale of the 1905 Whitehorse Nuggets hockey team, who=20
travelled for 23 days, partly by dogsled, to play against Ottawa in the=20=
Stanley Cup. Sadly, they lost 23-2, with One-eyed Frank Magee scoring=20
thirteen goals for Ottawa. Those were the days.
Michael Chase
(goya@xxxxxxxxxxx)
CNRS UPR 76
7, rue Guy Moquet
Villejuif 94801
France
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