Month: May 2026

The Venus Mine has become not just an awesome destination for a hike, but also a test for me to assess how I’m doing. Being able to reach the mine is always extremely gratifying, and I was about 65 years old when I recognized it as something to celebrate...

This post is from my Wayback Machine. I wrote this article and drew the map for the Four Wheel Drive Association of BC, and it was published in the Spring 1990 edition of their newsletter. I have added photos to it for this blog post – the originals are...

For many of us in Whitehorse, seeing the first Prairie crocuses is a big deal. I’ve hiked at two possible places for them recently – Hospital Ridge and the Lewes River Dam – with no luck, so yesterday went to the spot that usually results in seeing the early...

While scanning old papers yesterday, I came across a fairly detailed report on a hike I did at Anchorage in August 1990. The Wolverine Peak Trail remains one of the finest day-hikes I’ve ever done, so I thought I’d share a few of the Kodachromes I shot. There are...

The prompt for this post was yesterday’s short but perfect hike on the Hospital Ridge trail in downtown Whitehorse after doing some errands in town, but while I’m here I’ll show a bit of the other things going on in my world. The main thing is that Spring finally...