A One Day Adventure

 

Fall was in full splendor the first week of September

so my daughter and I headed out

for a 1 day adventure.

Our first stop was only a few miles from our Yukon home.  

There are only a few roads out of the town we live in

but this one that leads up and over a mountain pass

crosses the Canadian border into the United States,

and then travels down to the Alaskan coast

is my favourite.

There is beautiful scenery every way you look,

but I had to be satisfied with taking pictures out the car windows

or we wouldn't have made it. 

We did stop at the pass

after climbing up above tree line.

And then began to wind our way down

towards the coastal forest

and the ocean.

Where the trees are larger,

grow higher up the mountainsides

and are not yet in full fall colours.

 

We spent some time exploring by the ocean

and walking some coastal forest trails

Until our day had passed,

and it was time to  

drive the road home again.

Back up over the mountain pass

 viewing the mountains from a different perspective.

The evening light gave us quite a show on the way home.

And I couldn't stop taking pictures

out of the car window.

Until the light disappeared into the night sky

as we were making the final turns

back home.