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My best images from The ExploreNorth Blog in 2008

by Murray Lundberg
The ExploreNorth Blog

Best images of each month from The ExploreNorth Blog
Dateline: January 7, 2024.

    It's common this time of year to look back at what happened during the previous year. For me, the photos on my blog are a good way of doing that, so I decided to pick out the best photo posted each month. "Best" doesn't mean photographically - images that I'd submit to a contest - merely images that I like because they show what we were up to, and that I connect with in various ways.

    In 2008, 187 posts were added to the blog, with a total of 421 photos. The longest post, with 21 photos, was "The trip to Telegraph Creek, BC", added on July 8th.

January 2008
On January 28th, I was thankful that I wasn't working on the engine of a C-130 Hercules at 34 below with a screaming wind - see "The coldest job in Whitehorse today".


Working on the engine of a C-130 Hercules at 34 below with a screaming wind in Whitehorse, Yukon
February 2008
On February 21st, Cathy and I got married at Cathedral Cove, one of the most spectacular remote beaches in New Zealand - see "A postcard wedding".

Cathy and I got married at Cathedral Cove, one of the most spectacular remote beaches in New Zealand
March 2008
On March 10th, Cathy and I were nearing the end of our month-long visit to New Zealand - see "New Zealand - lots of exploring still to do".

A view of Matauri Bay, New Zealand, from the side of Wainui Road.
April 2008
On April 17th I posted 10 photos from a drive to Calgary - see "Road Trip - Whitehorse to Calgary". This photo was shot at Logjam Creek, Km 1165 of the Alaska Highway.

Logjam Creek, Km 1165 of the Alaska Highway
May 2008
On May 15th I posted 5 photos from a drive to Skagway - see "In search of Spring - in Skagway perhaps...".

Lime Mountain, South Klondike Highway, Yukon
June 2008
On June 27th I posted 3 photos shot as I neared home on a drive from Telegraph Creek - see "Land of the Midnight Sunsets".

Sunset at almost-midnight in the Yukon
July 2008
On July 8th I posted 21 photo from a trip to the Glenora Guest Ranch on the Stikine River to help the director set up filming "Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World". Though the photos have few captions, this was my longest blog post yet - see "The trip to Telegraph Creek, BC".
August 2008
I posted 22 times in August, sometimes twice a day. This photo of Kayla and Monty is from "Late Summer in the White Pass".

My dogs Kayla and Monty in the White Pass in late summer
September 2008
On September 21st I was in Kelowna after flying to Vancouver and driving to Kelowna - see "On the road in southern BC".

BC's Coquihalla Highway
October 2008
I posted 23 times in October. This photo of Yakutania Point at Skagway was one of 8 posted from a drive on May 10th - see "Mother Nature the drama queen".

Yakutania Point, Skagway, Alaska
November 2008
This photo of Tutshi Lake was one of only 3 posted from a drive with a woman from Australia on November 18th - see "Lots of frost, not much sun".

Dramatic weather at Tutshi Lake, BC
December 2008
A photo of chilly downtown Whitehorse from Long Lake Road - see "Whitehorse at -33°C".

Whitehorse, Yukon, at minus 33 C