Category: Wildlife

A Winter drive from Whitehorse to Fort Nelson

My niece and I are on our way to Vancouver. She’s not comfortable with driving 3,000 kilometers by herself this time of year, and – well, I’m her uncle 🙂 This was the weather forecast for the entire route – not too bad. Mostly warmish with a bit of...
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It’s an easy Winter in the Yukon so far

The fur-kids and I were due for a road trip yesterday, and just by coincidence, I had a couple of packages to pick up at the Skagway post office. The weather forecast called for a dull day, but there’s still little snow and the temperature was a mild -11°C...
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Another day trip to Jasper, Alberta

The weather the past few days has fairly consistently been better than forecast, so just after 11:00 am yesterday, I hit the road again, headed for Jasper generally but with no specific plans. The Hinton CN Rail station is just about 5 minutes from the house. I was hoping...
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To coal mining country in the Alberta Rockies

Yesterday was supposed to be an at-home day. No, really, it was – I was just going out for groceries! After putting a few bags of food in the trunk, I decided to go a few miles and get photos of some highway signs for my files, like this...
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A day trip to Jasper, Alberta

Saturday was intended to be an inside day catching up on paperwork, but it didn’t work out that way. Just before 08:00, the kids left for Edmonton, en route to Maui. With the wind chill officially at -49°C (-56°F), Maui sure sounded like a good idea to me! Here’s...
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The end of Winter, the start of Spring

This has felt like The Winter With No End – pretty well everyone’s been complaining about the weather the past couple of weeks in particular. Finally, though, Spring has arrived (and it looks like Summer is only days away). Last Tuesday, Cathy and I had to go to Carcross...
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Back in the Okanagan Valley

Some of you are wondering what I’m up to, as I haven’t posted in almost 2 weeks. I’m in Kelowna with my Dad at the moment, but here’s the catch-up. Way back on the 8th, we had the best of days and the worst of days on the same...
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Mule deer, moose & heavy snow

The weather hasn’t been very encouraging for road trips lately, but I had a few things sitting at the post office in Skagway so went down yesterday anyway. Any trip to Skagway is a good one, even though some are better than others. I got away just before 10:00...
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A successful elk hunt in the Yukon

As the shortest day of the year approaches, I’m having a bit of trouble with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). I have a therapy light that helps, but hitting the road is what makes my days good. Yesterday, I decided on the spur of the moment to go on an...
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Meeting wild wolves instead of wild-weather Sandy

It was really dull and dreary yesterday morning, and far colder than “normal” (whatever that means now) at -18°C (0°F). But some days, it’s much easier to put things into perspective than others. While a couple of nieces and many friends are preparing for Hurricane Sandy to hit… …I...
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