Driving from Dawson City to Whitehorse
When I wrote about my April 7th flight to Inuvik, I said that it would probably take me five blog posts to tell you about the 5-day trip. But here we are on the final day’s drive to Whitehorse on April 11th, and this is Arctic blog post #10,...
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Exploring around Braeburn, Yukon, by e-bike and 4×4
The weather continues to be wonderful, and though I haven’t been feeling well recently I really needed to get out, so I was determined yesterday to load up the e-bike and go somewhere for a major Adventure, though I had no idea where that might be. I’m usually up...
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A Fall road trip on the motorcycle
Well, we’ve had our first warnings that Winter isn’t far away – on Wednesday we had a few flakes of snow, on Thursday it was heavier. The first photo shows the view from the basement window as I was coming up after lighting the wood stove Thursday morning. I...
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A detour to see Ethel Lake Campground, and on to Carmacks
Day 9 of this RV trip – Wednesday, August 1st – was spent on a 50-kilometer detour to see remote Ethel Lake Campground, after which I went to a full-service RV park at Carmacks so I could plug into electricity and have the air conditioners running to deal with...
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From Dawson to Moose Creek Campground and Moose Creek Lodge
On Day 8 of this RV trip – Tuesday, July 31st – I left the Dawson airport at about 4:20 pm after dropping Cathy off so she could fly home. I was heading back to the Robert Campbell Highway for some more exploring, and the first stop on the...
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A motorcycle, history, and airplanes day
Yesterday was a great day for me. I put 240 km on my motorcycle, found a 1941 plane crash site, spent time with old friends and new, and photographed a few airplanes at YXY. I hadn’t been out on the bike since August 2016, so getting it out was...
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RVing Dawson, Five Finger Rapids, and home
Leaving Tombstone Park on Sunday, August 6th, was supposed to lead to another multi-day adventure, but the Tracker broke down and after a night at Five Finger Rapids, I’m back home instead. Following my last hike during Geology Weekend at Tombstone, we drove to the Dawson airport so Cathy...
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RVing North – from Whitehorse to Keno and Dawson
On Friday evening, July 28th, Cathy and I headed north for 9 days of exploring and relaxing. We camped for 2 nights en route to Dawson City, including a detour to Mayo and Keno City. On Sunday, Cathy will fly home from Dawson and I’ll wander for another week...
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Driving to Dawson, back to the Yukon Quest
Having spent a couple of days driving to Skagway and Haines while the Yukon Quest mushers made their way to Dawson, we followed them yesterday. The plan was to get to Dawson as the first mushers arrive, and then spend 3 nights there during the race’s mandatory 24-hour layover....
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Driving the North Klondike Highway, Dawson to Whitehorse
We pulled away from Dawson City just after 2:00 pm on Saturday, September 24th. I wanted to be home in Whitehorse in not much over 24 hours, but there were a few stops I wanted to make along the North Klondike Highway on the way. Approaching the Dawson airport...
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