This was taken from my office window this morning shortly after 7:00 am. (Click on photos for enlarged views.) That's when I arrive at work; I'm usually the first one there. We've had beautiful crisp, clear days recently, so I thought it would be good to post a couple of photos. My office is on the fourth floor of an office building in downtown Whitehorse, and my view faces east toward the Yukon River.

This photo was taken just about 8:30 am. Sunrise has officially past, but from this angle the sun has not yet appeared over the hill straight ahead. That's not snow on the hill; clouds are rolling up the far side of the hill and down the other. Quite a neat effect.

For maps of Whitehorse and its several neighbourhoods, click here. My home is in Copper Ridge. I can make it to the office downtown in ten minutes by car, but only because there's hardly any traffic on the road when I'm heading to work. At busier times, it can take up to fifteen minutes. Not much of a commute by southern standards. That's one of the many advantages to living in a small city.

Now the question that everyone from down south will be wondering: When does winter start in Whitehorse? Generally, we can expect to have a significant snowfall by mid- or late October. So–maybe a few weeks from now. According to the current five-day weather forecast, we can look forward to rain with high temperatures of around plus 8° Celsius and lows around zero. Rain? Yeccch! I'd rather have snow.