A Fall road trip on the motorcycle
Well, we’ve had our first warnings that Winter isn’t far away – on Wednesday we had a few flakes of snow, on Thursday it was heavier. The first photo shows the view from the basement window as I was coming up after lighting the wood stove Thursday morning. I...
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Hiking to the Grey Mtn cave, Whitehorse
Following up on a conversation with a friend about hiking to the Grey Mountain cave above Whitehorse when somebody who knows the way could take us, I decided on the spur of the moment this morning to go and find it myself. Vague directions resulted in me doing two...
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Hiking the Upper Easy Money circuit – Grey Mtn, Whitehorse
Following up on a conversation with a friend about hiking to the Grey Mountain cave above Whitehorse when somebody who knows the way could take us, I decided on the spur of the moment this morning to go and find it myself. Vague directions resulted in me doing two...
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Some e-biking near the head of Kluane Lake
While we didn’t use the e-bikes as much as we’d planned to during our 9 days at Kluane Lake for a variety of reasons, we still had some excellent rides, so I thought a separate post for all of them would be appropriate. On our first full day at...
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Driving a lengthy section of the original (1942) Alaska Highway
For the past 31 years, I’ve wondered what was down a road that leaves the Alaska Highway at Km 1633.7, just west of Boutillier Summit. On September 7th we drove 6.3 km of it, and I know enough about it now to plan a further exploration, probably on the...
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Four mornings of aurora borealis at Kluane Lake, Yukon
One of the big gifts that Mother Nature sent me during our 9 days at Congdon Creek Campground on Kluane Lake was 4 mornings of aurora borealis displays. They were a very big surprise as the aurora forecast I rely on said there was pretty much no chance of...
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A 9-day mental health break at Kluane Lake: Part 2/2
Monday, September 6th, was our 5th day away from home, our 4th full day at Congdon Creek Campground. I started the day just before 10:00 by taking Tucker with me for a drive to photograph mountains and whatever in the gorgeous sunshine. Our first stop was at the Slim’s...
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A 9-day mental health break at Kluane Lake: Part 1/2
Cathy and the dogs and I got home Friday night (September 10th) from our best “staycation” ever – 9 days with the RV at Congdon Creek Campground on Kluane Lake, with no cell service or Internet access. I’d had about all the covid and politics I could handle, so...
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A Whitehorse Copper Belt mine history hike
The number of historic mining sites in the Whitehorse Copper Belt is quite astonishing when you have a guide like Tim Green who is a fount of knowledge about it, and loves sharing what he has discovered. On Sunday we spent 4 hours in a very small part of...
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Road trip to the George Johnston Museum in Teslin
On Thursday (August 5th), I drove to Teslin and back to have a look at the George Johnston Museum and to meet a staff member I’d been talking to online, and the director. Part of my reason for going was the firm up a basic template for showing each...
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