Cathy and I had planned on working on the house yesterday. No really, we had 🙂 , even though it was a beautiful morning. But then I got an email from the WP&YR railfan discussion list [now gone] that I belong to, saying that there was going to be...

You may have seen this joke in various forms, but I”ve added a Yukon twist: A man died and went to heaven.. As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, “What are all those...

I just picked up 1:50,000 topographical maps of the Canadian part of the Chilkoot Trail, and found a major typo on a map that was printed in 1984 and corrected in 1999 (104M/14). Not only is the park not “Childkoot”, Parks Canada says that it shouldn’t even be “Park”...

…and I just couldn’t resist going to Skagway today. There were 4 large ships scheduled, so this was probably the last opportunity to see Skagway crazy-busy in the sunshine this year. The timing was perfect to catch one of Spirit Lake Lodge’s trail rides crossing the South Klondike Highway....

Now that the sunshine and heat is gone I’m back to house renovations in between the projects that provide cash. Today the dining room serving bar is getting its tile top. In the first photo you can see the bar (which was a coat closet until I fired up...

Well, the first photo below was shot on Friday, the one below it was shot from the same location (the Canada Games Centre) an hour ago. The road running from side to side is the Alaska Highway (Alaska is to the left), downtown Whitehorse is ahead and to the...

Our good luck couldn’t last – I’m amazed that it lasted as long as it did. The negative side to the hot, dry summers I love is that the forests go up in flames. The Yukon, Alaska and British Columbia are all covered in smoke now. Until yesterday, we’d...

Blend together: 31°C temperatures 31% humidity localized winds gusting to 90kmh Add lightning, with rain removed. Stand back – waaaaaay back. This is the recipe that’s being served up in the central and northern Yukon in the next few hours 🙁 Good luck to residents and firefighters!...

I’ve just lost a dear friend who has brought me armloads of joy for the past 7 years. He’s been fading for the past 3 weeks and this afternoon we discovered that he had an inoperable stomach tumor – he died on the operating table and my heart broke...

This is the most incredibly beautiful summer I’ve ever seen. Look at the weather forecast – it just keeps coming! 🙂 This photo was shot at the Bove Island viewpoint south of Carcross a couple of hours ago. Yes, that’s a 10 🙂...