Every year the online Alaska-related Forums such as RVNet get loads of posts asking about the Top of the World / Taylor Highways in particular, with somewhat fewer about the Dalton, Dempster and Denali Highways. The questions are usually some version of “how dangerous are these roads?”. Well, some...

I was in Carcross working on the cabin this past Friday, and lucked into the dedication of the Caribou Hotel as a Yukon Heritage Site. Although reconstruction is a slow process and it won’t be open until 2010, the new owners have a vision for the property that promises...

All of you in the Yukon surely know who Ramesh Ferris is, though you may not be watching his progress. For those of you Outside, Ramesh is a Whitehorse resident who is going across Canada (over 7,200 kilometres) by handcycle to raise funds and awareness about polio. I met...

Come on now – it’s June 8. Making it snow like this just isn’t funny – if I want snow I know where to find it, and the $300 worth of flowers I just planted are no doubt even less pleased about it than I am. Edit: 9:35 am...

Darn, missed the May 3rd celebration of World Naked Gardening Day again. I just can’t think about gardening when there’s still snow on the ground, I suppose. This incredible weather, though, prompted me to check the date – and I suppose as with many special days, celebrating late is...

What a weekend that was! Yesterday it hit 27°C (80.6°F), a new record for the day (the previous record was 26.1 in 1947). You could practically watch the trees leafing out, and the snow melting from Golden Horn. The two photos below were taken from our breakfast table 24...

At the Carcross cabin, the arrival of Trumpeter and Tundra swans at Lake Bennett were always the first sign that Spring was nearing. At our new property, we haven’t had any clear sign yet – faint tree budding and some mildly energetic sprouting on the ground but nothing significant....

Driving down to Skagway with Cathy this afternoon (after 2 days of painting bedrooms), we met a fairly steady stream of Yukon RVs heading home after what had apparently been a pretty poor weekend weathwerwise. Check out the photo below to see what those folks missed, though – by...