Finally, out with Lady Aurora for a bit
A friend and I finally got out for a bit of aurora borealis photography last night. There have been some good shows this season already but this was my first time out due my ongoing brain injury challenges. The aurora forecast has been good for the past 3 nights,...
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Exploring some World War II history – a pipeline and an airstrip
This post has been sitting in my “to-do” file for a few months, but it was such a fun afternoon I couldn’t just delete it. The outing happened on October 15, 2020, but I’m just posting it on February 10, 2021. A friend and I headed east on the...
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Exploring the rest of the WP&YR railway at Mary Lake, Yukon
Having re-visited the long-unused WP&YR railway line at the south end of Mary Lake 10 days ago, I decided yesterday to walk the rest of the line along the lake....
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Exploring a bit of the WP&YR railway at Mary Lake, Yukon
Each Fall, I get a bit manic trying to do a million more things before the snows flies and the cold sets in. This year I may be even worse because of the combination of really poor weather for most of the summer, and being physically and mentally unable...
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Exploring more of the WP&YR railway at Lewis Lake, Yukon
My plan for Thursday (October 1st) had been to explore the WP&YR railway at the south end of Lewis Lake (Lewes Lake to many), but I got side-tracked and did a walk at Rat Lake first. Just before 2:00, though, I was ready to head south along the railway...
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Exploring along the WP&YR railway at Rat Lake, Yukon
Yesterday I went out for more exploring into areas I’ve not see before – the WP&YR railway at Rat Lake, and at Lewis Lake, both accessed from the South Klondike Highway. Since they were distinctly different experiences, I’m going to post about each area separately. It’s rather funny that...
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Exploring the WP&YR railway along Lewis Lake, Yukon
I’m spending far too much time on the computer lately, scanning photos, slides, and paper of various sorts, in my effort to get my space de-cluttered. But the weather yesterday was so lovely (mostly sunny, headed for a high of 11°C) that I decided to get outside. Soon “outside”...
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Back to the White Pass for a few days
With my health improving, I’ve worked my way slowly up to a normal outing with the motorhome, and the White Pass, 90 minutes south, has been my location each time. First a single day with the car 3 weeks ago, then 2 days with the motorhome, and I’ve just...
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I’m back – my first good road trip in 6 months
Well, my friends, I’m back. I found someone with the skills needed to solve my health mystery. I’ll tell you more about that at the end of this post. Yesterday was Day 12 of feeling better, and I did the final test – I drove out to Kluane Lake...
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A look at our 10 days of deep cold (-40s)
After 10 days of deep cold, warm(er) air has returned. As I start writing this at 02:30 on January 19th, the temperature has risen 11 degrees in the past 6 hours. Although life has some extra challenges when the thermometer starts reading temperatures in the minus-40s (where Celsius and...
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