Five Days at the “New” Kluane Lake
This is another very long post, mostly because I couldn’t see a logical way to split it into two posts. I made the Canada Day long weekend an extra-long weekend by going out to Congdon Creek Campground on Kluane Lake on Wednesday morning. Cathy drove out in the Tracker...
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Jasper aerial tram, and hiking Whistlers Summit
The main adventure for our second full day in Jasper was riding the aerial tramway. Cathy’s not a big fan of getting into the air that way, but did want to see the view so agreed to come with me. This was Day 41 of the trip – Friday,...
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Yukon RVing: Exploring around Kluane Lake
Although I had planned to be on the road for much of the 2 weeks that Cathy was visiting family in Ontario, it didn’t work out that way, for a few reasons, one of them the weather. July has been very wet in Whitehorse, dampening both the forests and...
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Return flight from Calgary to Whitehorse
I flew back from Calgary on Thursday afternoon. I love travelling, but here’s never enough time in my life right now – not enough time for visits, not enough time at home. That’s going to change in about 6 weeks, though. A final look out my daughter’s front window...
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Saying goodbye to my Kiwi family at Skagway
For the past 2 weeks I’ve been posting reports from the tour I’ve been driver/guide for, a trip from Whitehorse, Yukon to Seward, Alaska for Maher Tours of New Zealand. After leaving them at their cruise ship in Seward, I always do one more thing with my Maher groups...
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Spring yesterday, Winter today
Yesterday was a fine Spring day in Whitehorse. Flower buds are poking out of the ground everywhere – crocuses, Arctic poppies, delphiniums and fireweed the most noticeable on our property. Kayla and Monty don’t even want to come in the house anymore 🙂 The snow is rapidly melting off...
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Sunshine kitty
I just have to show you the beautiful cat that we’re babysitting for a while. Molly was really enjoying the warm morning sun today. 🙂 Edit: Somehow Molly just never left, and became a cherished member of our pack for 10 years, until she died of cancer 🙁...
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A death in the family – RIP, Latimer
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...
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Cute pet cheques
I don’t use checks very often anymore (pretty much everything is done online), but was looking for Northern or husky checks this morning anyway. Along the way, I found these cats -aren’t they cute? 🙂 (they’re from Bradford, who also has some really nice wolf designs.) Yes, you do...
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Wolf hybrids & cats
Kayla is a such a sweet dog I often chuckle at how she came into my life, and about the wolf-hybrid horror stories that circulate. She’s a registered wolf hybrid from a breeder in Ocala, Florida. When she was abandoned in Whitehorse, I took her in with the understanding...
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