Category: Cabin Life

Relaxing with my huskies at the Carcross cabin in the winter...

My intention was to get a good day’s work done at our Carcross cabin yesterday, but I got a bit distracted by a few things, mostly the warm sun! I got off to a late start, and when I finally got to Carcross about noon it was cloudy and...

Spring in the Yukon – this is the time of year that I get anxious for the snow to be gone, and I put a lot of effort into making it disappear from places that I want to dry out and/or turn green as soon as possible. Three weeks...

After not using my cabin in Carcross for many months at a time, and then only for day trips, it’s time to sell it and move on to the next stage of my life. So as of this afternoon, it’s for sale by owner, listed at Propertyguys.com. The intro...

I’ve been down to the cabin the past couple of days, getting it dug out and dried out for the coming season. Luckily our snowfall this year has been very low so it’s not as big a job as it has been some years. It’s not all work, though....

This is the Yukon’s holiday weekend – Discovery Day – and it’s a beauty, with sunshine and record-breaking temperatures. We spent the first couple of days of it at our cabin in Carcross. This was our first overnight there since I moved completely to Whitehorse 3 years ago, and...

Cathy and I went to the Carcross cabin yesterday, to show it to a young couple who are interested in buying it. Cathy doesn’t want to sell it, and going there makes her a bit sad. We had a lot of good times there (among many other events large...

Yesterday my brother-in-law and I drove 3 hours to their cabin in the high country above Merritt, BC, and did some exploring. It’s a beautiful area but the devastation being caused by the mountain pine beetle (dendroctonus ponderosae) and the efforts to deal with it are heart-wrenching. This is...

I’ve just lost a dear friend who has brought me armloads of joy for the past 7 years. He’s been fading for the past 3 weeks and this afternoon we discovered that he had an inoperable stomach tumor – he died on the operating table and my heart broke...

Cathy and I have made the difficult decision to sell the Carcross property. I truly loved living there and said many times that I’d never leave, but since moving to Mary Lake it just doesn’t get used. What we talk about in terms of recreation now involves seeing the...