Category: Mines & Mining

Last May, my friend Kevin and I had an initial look at a mining trail leading up a spectacular ridge at the south end of Tutshi Lake. We didn’t get very far before deep snow halted further exploring, and although we planned to return in late summer, that didn’t...

I went on another 4-hour tour of the Whitehorse Copper Belt with Tim Green on August 8th. This one began with an in-depth look of one of Gladiator Metals’ exploratory drill rigs that’s currently operating 2 km from my home, then continued on to the Whitehorse Copper properties that...

I’m writing this post because it’s quite different than the Venus Mine hike on May 15th. First, I took another person, but we also climbed all the way up to the upper level and adit, which is mostly what I want to show you. After seeing my post about...

The Venus Mine has become not just an awesome destination for a hike, but also a test for me to assess how I’m doing. Being able to reach the mine is always extremely gratifying, and I was about 65 years old when I recognized it as something to celebrate...

This post begins as we departed from Carmacks on Saturday morning, August 16th (Day 6 of the trip) and ends as we arrived at Fort Selkirk in the afternoon of Sunday, August 17th. I thought I was going to be able to tell this story with four posts, but...

This is blog post #20 from our tour of northern Europe. Monday, July 14th, was technically our third “at sea” day from Iceland – that is, we didn’t touch land. But as with yesterday’s incredible day in Prince Christian Sound, today offered much more than open sea. We got...

Today’s post covers two explorations of the Stony Creek Trail, located 61 km west of the Whitehorse airport. The first, on May 9th, was a hike with my friend Kevin, his dog Carbon, and Tucker. We hiked 8.2 km – I had to quit, but that was my longest...

This post describes our drive from Yuma to Ajo, with a detour to the Painted Rock Petroglyph Site, on Wednesday, November 20th. See an interactive map of the basic route here. When we shot the first photo at 11:23 (I was driving so Andrea shot it), we were on...

On November 18th, I posted on Facebook: “I expect that yesterday’s Route 66 afternoon will be the highlight of the trip. An excellent museum, mind-boggling scenery, and a quirky and charming little village in the middle of nowhere.” As it turned out we had another day that equalled it,...

Yesterday morning, the aurora put on a good show for several hours, and I went out for two hours of shooting that really felt good. My internal aurora alarm got me up at 01:10. I looked outside and was soon out with my gear. The first photo was shot...