The CarcrossCam is back
Many of you seem to know that the CarcrossCam has been offline since December 22nd. Illness combined with the fact that the CPU that runs it shuts down every now and then, possibly due to power issues, and then the Computer Gremlin visited with one of his Blue Screens...
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Back to the land of the living
That was some holiday. I got sick two days before Christmas, and am just now getting back to normal. Cathy says she’s never seen me so sick – I can usually ward stuff off pretty good or at the worst have a couple of down days. We had intended...
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The longest night & the snowiest Winter
Today is the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year. The sun in Whitehorse will only be above the horizon (if there were no mountains) for 5 hours, 38 minutes. With this very warm weather, though, come clouds, so it’s even darker. With the clouds, snow has arrived...
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Caribou Hotel – a new beginning to an old story
I love old buildings. Well, most old buildings. Some have such a history of bad karma that its very, very difficult to find anything to love. The Caribou Hotel is in that category, and ever since Bob Olsen was murdered I’ve been saying that I’d like to see it...
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Wilderness, Photography & History – Montana Mountain
For many people, the wilderness is therapeutic. For others, photography works the same way. On Wednesday (September 6th), I guided professional photographers Robin Armour (from Yukon Tourism) and Patrick Close (the current artist-in-residence at the Ted Harrison Artist Retreat at Crag Lake) up Montana Mountain for a day of...
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