Yesterday the people in my group had a somewhat different day than I did. While they traveled to Denali National Park in a glass-domed railway car, I went ahead with the bus. We don’t normally do early starts on these tours, but there are two – we had to...

Yesterday was our day to explore Fairbanks. This was my 1-bedroom apartment at the Wedgewood Resort. This was the view from my apartment yesterday at 03:29, half an hour before sunrise. There’s lots of interesting stuff to look at on the walk over to the restaurant, which is at...

As I start writing this, it’s a few minutes before sunrise, which will be at 4:02. It’s only 47°F (8.3°C) right now but it’s forecast to be mostly sunny with a high of 69 (20C) – a perfect day to explore Fairbanks! Much of yesterday was cold and wet,...

Another day in Dawson would be wonderful – there’s just so much to see and do. But by 09:15 yesterday morning we were on the little ferry George Black, crossing the Yukon River and saying good-bye to The City of Gold. About 4 km up the Top of the...

Yesterday was our day to explore Dawson City – on tour in the morning, then with a free afternoon. My days always start early, but even more so on when I’m on tour – there’s simply a lot to do 🙂 There are a surprising number of motorcycles in...

After the spectacular weather we had yesterday, the cool-and-cloudy I got up to yesterday morning wasn’t a nice sight, but it was easy to see that it was much better weather for the long driving day ahead. We left the Westmark Whitehorse hotel at 09:00, made a short stop...

This is probably going to be a year with no cruises for us, but as regular readers have noticed, I am still getting out and about a lot. Yesterday afternoon I was at the Whitehorse airport to meet 14 people from New Zealand, and today we begin an 11-day...

One more post about history then I have to get back to work! From the collection I got yesterday I’ve taken a piece from an article in the Yukon News Magazine of September 1965. It describes what’s along the Alaska Highway from Marsh Lake to Whitehorse. It’s different but...

What is history? What historic material – documents and other material – is worth saving? Those are two of the most basic questions that form the foundation of a collection of historic items. I’ve been collecting in a small way for over 45 years now – it’s mostly trivial...

After being city folks without dogs on Canada Day, we decided to head south somewhere with the fur-kids on July 2nd. The weather was erratic and as we drove down the South Klondike Highway we tossed around a few ideas. I suggested that Lewes Lake might be fun to...