Month: May 2023

On Thursday (May 25th), I took the V-Star out for a wander, and it turned out to be an excellent day, despite the last hour of the 6-hour outing being in the rain. My day’s activities actually began at the Whitehorse airport. On Wednesday evening I had gone there...

As is often the case, the southern Yukon has had a dramatic heating-up the past week or so. May is probably the month with the most extreme shifts in average weather during the month. The temperature in Whitehorse officially reached 25.6°C on Thursday, May 18, demolishing the old record...

On May 15th, with the weather forecast calling for a gorgeous day, I had an urge to do a major e-bike wander. The back trails mostly still have lengthy sections of snow and/or mud, so I decided to see if I could find an interesting route around town. It...

I have some very good reasons to say “no” to most activities. But yesterday was an excellent day because I said “yes” to two. The first one was quite easy. Spring hasn’t really arrived at Whitehorse until I’ve been out photographing the first Prairie crocuses (Anemone patens) – that happened...

Just about the time I was going to just give up on Spring, it’s here. Well sort of… Now that the nights are a bit above freezing, the back yard is opening up quite nicely. Bella and Tucker are very happy to have a larger world, and grass. I...