Day 68 - 6/08/04
Iron Creek, YT to Watson Lake, YT
36 miles
I made today a short day so I could get to a town where I could run
some errands, get a hotel room with a phone and check email, update the
web page, etc. It's a good thing I did, because it turned out
that I had more business to conduct than I thought. I found out
someone has ordered checks on my bank account and has been writing fake
checks around Houston. Fortunately the bank caught it quickly and
not much damage was done. The same person got several other
people at LPI. Anyway, I had to file a police report here and
will have to fill out some forms with JSC Credit Union so my account
will be credited. Fortunately none of my legitimate bills
bounced, and I think the situation is under control now.
Went to the show at one of the local tourist attractions, the Northern
Lights Centre. It turns out it is a planetarium. The show
consisted of three shows: an ad for local attractions in Watson
Lake, a planetarium show locally produced on the Aurora, and a show on
the size of the universe. I have to say I was a little
disappointed. The planetarium is nice (seats about 150) and has
modern equipment, but the equipment is not optimally maintained, some
definite focusing problems. The locally produced show on the
Aurora had some good parts, but some of it was hoakie and somewhat
irrelevant. The show included a lot of local Native American
mythology about the Aurora, similar to one of LPI's outreach
programs.
Anyway, it was a misty, cold, grey day. Hopefully the weather will clear a bit for tomorrow.
