Catching up – winter and dogs and photography and Christmas…
It’s been 5 weeks since I last posted. There hasn’t been much going on as my activities are still very limited, but I promised that I wouldn’t go silent for long periods, so here’s what I have been doing. The Whitehorse airport is one of my happy places. Whenever...
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Hiding in plain sight – the copper mines of Rabbit’s Foot Canyon, Whitehorse
To the west of the city of Whitehorse lies a belt of copper-rich ground about 30 kilometers long. First discovered in 1898 by prospectors who had been headed for the Klondike gold fields, it was mined from then until 1920, and then again from 1967 until 1982. While the...
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Pride Parade 2019 – you looked fabulous, Whitehorse!
A bad case of writer’s block put me a month behind on the blog, but I think I’m just going to skip most of what happened during that month as far as blogging goes, and move on. Yesterday, the Pride Parade was held in Whitehorse, and it was extremely...
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Hiking the Yukon River Trail East at Whitehorse
On Saturday, our hiking group met at Chadburn Lake to hike the Yukon River Trail East, a loop running from Chadburn Lake to Canyon City and back. By about 11;20, 8 people and 6 dogs were on the trail. The loop actually starts on the Log Trail, which was...
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Hiking along the Yukon River to Canyon City at Whitehorse
Our hiking group used to do outings on Saturday mostly, but as the group is expanding, so is the variety of times and places. One of the members suggested a few days ago that dinner-time hikes might be nice, so on Thursday, 5 of us with 3 dogs met...
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An almost-Spring night of aurora borealis photography
I hadn’t planned to go out aurora hunting on March 16th, but it turned out to be one of the best aurora displays I’ve seen in a long time. My usual aurora-forecast starting point, the UAF Geophysical Institute, gave it a Level 0 – meaning there’d be no chance...
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The start of the Yukon Quest 2019 sled dog race
Saturday, February 2nd was the main event that my tour guests had come to see – the start of the Yukon Quest 2019 sled dog race! The race was scheduled to start at 11:00, but the dog yard where all the mushers and dogs ge ready was open to...
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A warm and foggy winter
It’s been more than 5 weeks since I last posted – time flies when you’re having fun 🙂 Here’s a bit of a catch-up on what’s going on. Mostly, that’s another litter of rescue puppies. I haven’t seen confirmation by the weather office, but I expect that we’re having...
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Exploring Spook Creek in Whitehorse, Yukon
This little exploration was prompted by a couple of videos that were posted on Facebook recently, showing a beaver crossing 4 lanes of traffic on Two Mile Hill in Whitehorse. My response was something to the effect of “where is he going? There’s no water over there”. Somebody responded...
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Sternwheelers in Whitehorse – reminders of our history
For its first 50 years, Whitehorse was solidly connected to the Yukon River, and to the sternwheelers and other boats that ran up and down it. Now, although the restored sternwheeler S.S. Klondike is the city’s most iconic attraction, the other boats have been pretty much forgotten, and even...
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