Fairbanks now has an antique car museum. Not a few old wrecks in a warehouse but a fine collection of classics! The museum has been established by Fountainhead Hotels, and is on the grounds of their Wedgewood Resort. Have a look at the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum website for...

Cathy and I have made the difficult decision to sell the Carcross property. I truly loved living there and said many times that I’d never leave, but since moving to Mary Lake it just doesn’t get used. What we talk about in terms of recreation now involves seeing the...

Although there have been some worries, the Yukon has been exceptionally lucky this summer – lots of hot, sunny days with few forest fires. Only Dawson has significant fires burning – lightning has, I believe, caused all of them this year. See the Yukon Wildland Fire Management site for...

The weather forecast yesterday was mixed, with morning showers and clearing in the afternoon but we decided to make a drive down the Haines Highway. It’s the best place in the Yukon to see grizzlies, as well as going through spectacular scenery. We got off to a late start,...

Cathy’s parents are visiting from Ontario for 5 weeks, so yesterday we did a “tourist” trip to Skagway. It was a superb day – sunny, 74 degrees (22°C) and calm in Skagway, with some great bonuses as you’ll see in the photos below. We cleared US Customs and were...

Many of you no doubt saw the strange little UFO-looking Xof1 solar car when it was up last summer for a tour. Well it’ll be back in Whitehorse either late Saturday or on Sunday. In the photo below, the Power of One (Xof1) solar car is seen on the...

Back in the mid-1990s when I was researching the history of the mines around Carcross, I knew of the existence of a cabin that was built high above Windy Arm in 1901, but in my dozens of exploratory hikes I never did get to that site. Over the years...

After dropping our cat Latimer off at the vet’s this morning, Cathy and I went for breakfast at the airport to calm down. While we were sitting there, a Boeing Globemaster landed – and though I always have my camera with me, today I didn’t. We finished our meal,...

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had picked up 1,900 pounds of tile for the entry and kitchen. I got a phone call yesterday from Home Hardware, where we bought them. We were quoted $8.50 per tile – thinking that was low, we asked for and...