drive home on the longest day

Frozen STI · 06-24-2008, 10:14 AM

Thought I would take a few pics on the drive home on the shortest night of the year.

Beside my parking lot, my work is creating some shade..

the sun is right behind these buildings, watch what happens when there is no cover

BRIGHT LIGHT!!

a few blocks later, downtown Yellowknife

the sun will barely pass the horizon and then pop back up around 3:30am

Great Slave Lake, just down the road

damn, someone is selling his scooter, tempting....

and I want this ballin' van, no lie

light blue mortgage is mine

Doesn't get any darker than that for the next few weeks, glad I can sleep with the lights on

**boondocksaint** · 06-24-2008, 10:27 AM

Do not take this the wrong way man, but **** that.

Frozen STI · 06-24-2008, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by boondocksaint

Do not take this the wrong way man, but **** that.

It's certainly not for everyone, especially when it's the shortest DAY of the year.

I just wish the weather was always nice when the sun is out,
it's raining this morning

jaydow11 · 06-24-2008, 10:50 AM

Nice! Would love to visit Yellowknife sometime...

grambo · 06-24-2008, 10:52 AM

What a neat place to call home.

**boondocksaint** · 06-24-2008, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Frozen STI

It's certainly not for everyone, especially when it's the shortest DAY of the year.

I just wish the weather was always nice when the sun is out,
it's raining this morning

I'm from the South, and I have a hard enough time accepting that the sun sets at 9:45pm in the middle of summer here (Michigan). That's just wrong.

Frozen STI · 06-24-2008, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by jaydow11

Nice! Would love to visit Yellowknife sometime...

Yellowknife is worth the visit, but if you plan to drive, this is the road for about 8 hrs from the Alberta border

try not to drive past 180, frost heaves and buffalo will mess you up

***Seppo*** · 06-24-2008, 12:09 PM

This is awesome.

For some weird reason i have always been really fascinated with northern places. Yellowknife looks like a really cool place to visit, especially after watching the first season of Ice Road Truckers. Are you in a mining/supplies transportation related industry?

Oh and MORE PICS PLEASE!

Frozen STI · 06-24-2008, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Seppo

This is awesome.

For some weird reason i have always been really fascinated with northern places. Yellowknife looks like a really cool place to visit, especially after watching the first season of Ice Road Truckers. Are you in a mining/supplies transportation related industry?

Oh and MORE PICS PLEASE!

years ago I worked the diamond mines (BHP,Diavik,Debeers) as security, I've been a correctional officer for 7 years now.

North Slave Correctional Centre

Frozen STI · 06-24-2008, 12:22 PM

Crappy pic from my kitchen window of Great Slave Lake. Sailboats and floatplanes all day long.

this is what it looked like a little more than a month ago

***Seppo*** · 06-24-2008, 01:00 PM

^ Thanks for the pics! The views from the kitchen window is really something. So how do you start your car in the -40C in the winter?

Frozen STI · 06-24-2008, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Seppo

^ Thanks for the pics! The views from the kitchen window is really something. So how do you start your car in the -40C in the winter?

by keeping the clutch in as long as it takes to stay running, battery blanket, engine block heater, free plug-in power at work....

Thank god I finally have a garage, my STi stayed out for 2 winters

this is around noon at christmas

jutes85 · 06-24-2008, 01:19 PM

Yellowknife is actually a nice place. I had a stop-over there on my way to Inuvik last November and I didn't mind it at all.

Late · 06-24-2008, 01:38 PM

crazy stuff, not sure I could take it for very long, but I think it'd be worse in the winter when the opposite is true (dark the majority of the day), talk about cabin fever.

oh yeah, VERY appropriate license plate.

***Seppo*** · 06-24-2008, 06:29 PM

Man i really need to take a NW Territories road trip.

06-24-2008, 10:14 AM	#1
Frozen STI Senior STI Driver Car: 06 STi Steel Grey Fav Mod: Electric battery blanket Location: Yellowknife, NWT, Canada Posts: 357 Join Date: Aug 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	drive home on the longest day Thought I would take a few pics on the drive home on the shortest night of the year. Beside my parking lot, my work is creating some shade.. the sun is right behind these buildings, watch what happens when there is no cover BRIGHT LIGHT!! a few blocks later, downtown Yellowknife the sun will barely pass the horizon and then pop back up around 3:30am Great Slave Lake, just down the road damn, someone is selling his scooter, tempting.... and I want this ballin' van, no lie light blue mortgage is mine Doesn't get any darker than that for the next few weeks, glad I can sleep with the lights on This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.

06-24-2008, 10:27 AM	#2
boondocksaint Reasonable Car: Boony's Motown STi Fav Mod: correct grammar Location: D3TR01T Posts: 22,623 Join Date: Jun 2006 Trader Rating: (5)	Re: drive home on the longest day Do not take this the wrong way man, but **** that.

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jaydow11 Silver Member Car: 06 STI UGM Fav Mod: (o)(o) Location: Kelowna Posts: 1,119 Join Date: Jul 2006 Trader Rating: (0)	Re: drive home on the longest day Nice! Would love to visit Yellowknife sometime...

06-24-2008, 10:52 AM	#5
grambo Spec C Club Car: 06' CGM STI Fav Mod: Rustoleum Flat Black Location: Tracy, NorCal Posts: 1,694 Join Date: Oct 2006 Trader Rating: (5)	Re: drive home on the longest day What a neat place to call home.

06-24-2008, 12:09 PM	#8
*Seppo* No Rice Car: 06 OBP STi Fav Mod: Brake dust Location: Jersey Posts: 635 Join Date: Sep 2007 Trader Rating: (1)	Re: drive home on the longest day This is awesome. For some weird reason i have always been really fascinated with northern places. Yellowknife looks like a really cool place to visit, especially after watching the first season of Ice Road Truckers. Are you in a mining/supplies transportation related industry? Oh and MORE PICS PLEASE!

06-24-2008, 12:22 PM	#10
Frozen STI Senior STI Driver Car: 06 STi Steel Grey Fav Mod: Electric battery blanket Location: Yellowknife, NWT, Canada Posts: 357 Join Date: Aug 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	Re: drive home on the longest day Crappy pic from my kitchen window of Great Slave Lake. Sailboats and floatplanes all day long. this is what it looked like a little more than a month ago

06-24-2008, 01:00 PM	#11
*Seppo* No Rice Car: 06 OBP STi Fav Mod: Brake dust Location: Jersey Posts: 635 Join Date: Sep 2007 Trader Rating: (1)	Re: drive home on the longest day ^ Thanks for the pics! The views from the kitchen window is really something. So how do you start your car in the -40C in the winter?

06-24-2008, 01:19 PM	#13
jutes85 Silver Member Car: 2006 OBP STi Fav Mod: DOM3 Paperweight Location: Alberta Posts: 1,426 Join Date: Sep 2006 Trader Rating: (7)	Re: drive home on the longest day Yellowknife is actually a nice place. I had a stop-over there on my way to Inuvik last November and I didn't mind it at all.

06-24-2008, 01:38 PM	#14
Late Professional STI Driver Car: 05 PSM STi - Sold Fav Mod: V1 Location: Tampa Posts: 421 Join Date: Feb 2006 Trader Rating: (3)	Re: drive home on the longest day crazy stuff, not sure I could take it for very long, but I think it'd be worse in the winter when the opposite is true (dark the majority of the day), talk about cabin fever. oh yeah, VERY appropriate license plate.

06-24-2008, 06:29 PM	#15
*Seppo* No Rice Car: 06 OBP STi Fav Mod: Brake dust Location: Jersey Posts: 635 Join Date: Sep 2007 Trader Rating: (1)	Re: drive home on the longest day Man i really need to take a NW Territories road trip. This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.