A visit to the Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary at Cochrane
It’s wonderful to finally get to spend a week with my daughter and son. This morning, I suggested that we go out to the Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary, located 60 west near Cochrane. Despite being on the list of places I wanted to see for many years, Cathy and I...
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Near-record snow and a couple of outings
As the snow gets deeper and deeper and cloudy skies are the norm, I haven’t been doing much outside the house, but I have gotten out with a friend a couple of times, once with Bella and Tucker, and once out to the wildlife preserve. Visually, the deep snow...
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Four days camping and playing at Kluane Lake, Yukon
My regular readers may have noticed that we haven’t been out in the motorhome much this year. There’s a lot going on, but last Friday we finally got away to Kluane Lake for a much-needed break. After a few delays (I had initially planned on going out Tuesday), the...
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A visit to the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre, Vancouver Island
On May 6th, following breakfast and an outing to Little Mountain with family, Cathy and made the short drive to the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre (NIWRA) at Errington. I’ve taken a particular interest in since a friend started working there after moving from Dawson Creek. This is a...
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RV camping at Kluane Lake for the Discovery Day long weekend
In the Yukon, the discovery of gold that led to the Klondike Gold Rush is celebrated by Discovery Day, a statutory holiday and long weekend. We eventually decided to go back to the Congdon Creek Campground on Kluane Lake for the long weekend – it’s our favourite campground overall....
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A holiday weekend at Kluane Lake with a family of grizzly bears
My stay at home after the 59-day wander around BC and western Alberta was very short – 4 days. Then, despite mediocre weather forecasts, we made another drive out to Congdon Creek Campground at Kluane Lake for 4 nights over the Canada Day long weekend. It turned out to...
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A Kluane Lake day – sunshine, sheep, and an ice cave
I’ve been so busy for the past many weeks that I’ve hardly been out exploring at all. Yesterday, though, a friend and I drove out to Kluane Lake, and it was superb – an absolute 10/10 day. Though very cold, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, we got...
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Photographing Fall colours and Dall sheep at Paddy Peak, BC
Yesterday wasn’t a great day weather-wise, but a photographer from Kelowna and I had a great day photography-wise in one of the most spectacular spots that you can reach on a day-trip from Whitehorse – Paddy Peak. When we headed south from Whitehorse, I wasn’t certain that we’d be...
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Five days at Kluane Lake: grizzlies, history, and beach fun
I got home from our 62-day wander around BC on June 26th, and on the 28th, was on the road again. I had come home a few days early so that Cathy could join us for an extra-long Canada Day (July 1st) weekend out an our favourite campground, Congdon...
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Backroads exploring into Junction Sheep Range Provincial Park
While boondocking at Farwell Canyon for 3 days, the dogs and I took the morning of Day 53, June 17th, to explore Junction Sheep Range Provincial Park, located above Farwell Canyon at the junction of the Fraser and Chilcotin Rivers. Access to the park is officially described as “difficult,...
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