Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Race to the Midnight Sun!

One of the great things about this city is how active it is. There are numerous large events that people can attend in all seasons, from the Yukon Quest dog team race that goes from Yukon to Alaska, and today's Yukon River Quest where participants boat from Whitehorse to Dawson City via the Yukon River--the longest canoe & kayak race in the World! or what I saw on one t-shirt: Where only the mosquitoes have more fun!

Here are a few photos of the start of the race, and here is some info on it! I will post a couple photos below.

A view of the boats lined up along the shore.


It was a beautiful day out!

In the lead! Participants had to run to their boats from a start line.

In the word of the great Sawyer Brown: The race is on...

In total it will take about 2.5 days of paddling. Let's wish them luck!

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