There’s been lots of variety the past couple of days, touring Fairbanks and then making our way to Denali National Park by train.We began the tour of Fairbanks with a stop at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Museum of the North, a look at the Trans Alaska Pipeline...

Diamond Tooth Gertie’s in Dawson City was fun as always, even though almost everyone left after the first show. Maybe they just figured that after watching Barry performing on stage, everything else would be a let-down! 🙂 Yesterday morning, we began our adventure across the Top of the World...

Here it is near the end of Day 3 of the trip already. We’re not off to a great start but things seem to be improving. The first day in Whitehorse was so cold that we cut the city tour short because many people had just had enough of...

Just a quick note before I head to the airport to meet the New Zealand group that I’ll be guiding around the Yukon and Alaska for the next 11 days. This photo shows the deck I’m currently building – I’d hoped to get it finished yesterday, but missed by...

Time does fly this time of year! It’s way over a week since I said I’d tell you more about my trip in to Telegraph Creek, BC, and the Glenora Guest Ranch. A few weeks ago, Ben Smith emailed from the UK, looking to set up some interesting things...

Airlines, along with banks and government, are favorite targets for people in general to vent about. In the Yukon and Alaska, however, we have airlines that people brag about, despite the fact that the airlines have, at times, some of the toughest weather conditions on earth to deal with....

I was driving north on Highway 37 (the Stewart-Cassiar) yesterday evening, heading home from Telegraph Creek, but 5 miles from the Alaska Highway junction, got stopped by a fuel tanker wreck. It had apparently happened at about 5:30, and I got there an hour later. Traffic is light on...

Just as people who have outhouses see more auroras, people who do long-distance driving see more great sunsets. Last night, as I neared the end of my 15-hour Glenora-Whitehorse day, was notable in that regard. The 3 photos below were shot along Teslin Lake at 11:15 pm; along Teslin...

What a glorious time of year this is. Despite the cool temps and the wet, it’s wonderful to watch the world sprouting in various ways. Sometimes it’s a nuisance – with the lodgepole pines letting loose clouds of pollen the past few days, everything from cars to patio furniture...

I was down at Lake Schwatka getting my plane fix this afternoon, and met a new arrival in town. Ben Jones is flying for Whitehorse Air Services (with that beautiful Cessna 206 seen below), but he and his girlfriend have no home. If any of you know of accommodations...