“I am very embarrassed to live in the Yukon”

So says Terry Cumming in his rant against popular Yukon News columnist Doug Bell at [link removed]. Don’t let the door hit you on the way Outside (where you obviously belong), Terry. More details are in the previous post, “Sled dog advocacy.”...
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Sled dog advocacy?

Those of you in Whitehorse may have seen the posters put up by Terry Cumming opposing the Yukon Quest in particular and mushing in general due to what Terry claims is the cruelty of the sport. I know Terry well, and have just ignored his nonsense up until today....
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Historic Venus Mine buildings washed away

This morning, I again awoke to fairly heavy snow falling. That makes yesterday’s sunshine even more special – it prompted another trip to Skagway, and it turned out to be a superb day. The light was spectacular, and there were enough clouds to provide a lot of drama through...
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Alaska Highway – “We want speed, not character!”

Last Saturday (the 6th), Cathy and I loaded the dogs into the Outback and headed out to +D-Bay” for lunch (it’s offically Destruction Bay, but nobody around here uses that name). The weather wasn’t particular nice and it might seem a little odd to drive 170 miles to have...
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Easy to amuse day

Get your name on a NASCAR with Fan1st.com! Like most of you, I see a LOT of ads over the course of the average week. Some are creative (the Dove aging series), some are cute (”Mommy, what does ’spoiled’ mean?”), some are stupid (the guy acting like a cat)...
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Think sunshine!

It’s a sunshine day 🙂 . I went for a drive in the bit of sunshine we had this morning, and then I started surfing warm places. Alaska Airlines always has good deals to warm places this time of year, so I ended up there. I couldn’t find a...
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Blogging North

Now that outdoors isn’t a particularly pleasant place to be (for a while until this wet white goes away), I’m getting some work done (actually I’m as confused as ever about where the line between work and fun is 🙂 ). One of the things that got started today...
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Blogging and economics

Many, or perhaps most people with blogs would like to find a way to make a dollar or two while posting their thoughts. Most people selling products or services would like to be able to tap into the blog phenomenon – a July 2006 study concluded there were 12...
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High country ‘Horse – Mt. McIntyre

Today may well have been the last warmish day for a very long time, and it was a great day to get into the high country above Whitehorse again. Mount McIntyre was today’s destination – with a side trip down to Fish Lake afterward, the whole adventure only took...
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