I was looking for a drink last night to celebrate the arrival of the first pussy willows and what did I find but a Yukon Pussy! Seriously – Google it 🙂 It’s very simple, and I’m heading into town to get the ingredients shortly (it’s snowing right now, but...

While out on our walk around the property yesterday, I spotted the first pussy willows of the year. It seems very early, but I’m certainly not complaining! This has been the easiest winter I’ve ever seen in the Yukon 🙂 This trail runs along our back property line. Through...

After a very eventful few days, we’re back home in Whitehorse. I headed back to work last night, 15 minutes after arriving home, Cathy’s back at it in a few minutes. Ah, reality….. We had a lazy morning in Regina on Wednesday, so did a bit of touristing, over...

We’re still in Regina for my son’s RCMP graduation. Yesterday was a day of ceremonies initiating the new Mounties into “the Force” – starting with the swearing-in. With a few documents signed, they are no longer “Cadets”, now “Constables” – the next ceremony was for the troop members to...

Yesterday we awoke to heavy fog in Calgary, but by 08:30 when I shot this picture from our room at the Delta, things were starting to clear up nicely. At 12:50 we left for Regina – this is my view of the control tower at Calgary (YYC) as we...

Yesterday morning, Cathy and I boarded an Air North Boeing 737 for a flight to Calgary. It was a beautiful day to spend a couple of hours over the mountains! The window beside me was distorted, but by risking a neck dislocation I got a few photos through the...

While the lead teams have already crossed the race finish line in Whitehorse, I made another trip to Carmacks early this morning, moving checkpoint volunteers around. While I was waiting for the southbound fellow, I watched Katie Davis from Montana get her team ready to head out for Braeburn....

At about 1:30 this afternoon, Hans Gatt and 9 dogs crossed the Yukon Quest finish line in downtown Whitehorse, annihilating the previous record time. His time of 9 days and 26 minutes was 23 hours faster than the previous record! The is the normal view at the finish line...

I just have to show you the beautiful cat that we’re babysitting for a while. Molly was really enjoying the warm morning sun today. 🙂 Edit: Somehow Molly just never left, and became a cherished member of our pack for 10 years, until she died of cancer 🙁...

The lead teams in the Yukon Quest will cross the finish line in downtown Whitehorse in a few hours, and I hope to be down there with my camera. Yesterday I volunteered to take 3 checkpoint volunteers up to Carmacks and Pelly Crossing, and the photos below are from...