Month: May 2007

Friday’s inaugural run of the Carcross-Skagway rail service was truly a world-class adventure. I’ve heard that there were some problems with the Yukoners’ Special run, but everything that was an issue then has been resolved. My review got rather carried away and beyond what’s reasonable on a blog, so...

The last of the ice is finally blowing off Lake Bennett – it should finish today by the look of it. If you’ve never seen a breakup (of the ice, I mean!), it’s an experience you should seek out. The sights and sounds of the candle ice in motion...

There’s an icy wind blowing in Carcross today, and the ice has finally started to blow out of Lake Bennett. I just returned at 01:00 this morning from a 6-day trip to visit family down where it’s summer, though – Kelowna, BC. Beyond the long-overdue family part of it...

You wouldn’t think that finding good speakers for your iPod would be that tough, would you? Okay, “good” is subjective – what I’ve been looking for for a long time is a small portable system with good sound (duh!) to use on the deck. I finally found what I...

Ah, Spring, when the world is once again filled with the songs of birds. What better excuse to spend a few hours behind the lens of my camera. Here are some of the birds we saw in Dyea and Carcross over the weekend. Below, a gray ruffed grouse on...

I spent about 3 hours at the YUWIN Job Fair in Whitehorse yesterday, as a resource person at the Destination Carcross booths (seen in the photo below). It probably wasn’t productive, but it was interesting. There seems to be a pervasive feeling by job-seekers today that they’re doing employers...