On Friday, the Association of Yukon Communities held their quarterly directors’ meeting in Mayo, way up in the central Yukon. Now you might think “how boring!” but it’s actually not – there is a lot going on and a lot of work being done to make life in the...

In replying to an email from Linda in Ontario a few minutes ago, I realized something that strikes me as important. Okay, important to me 🙂 There’s no such thing as a “former Yukoner” – some people can live here their whole lives and never become a Yukoner, but...

We went on a bit of a flood tour yesterday. We don’t have to go far, as the water level at Carcross has flooded several historic cabins and done a great deal of damage to the beach and the White Pass & Yukon Route rail line, but we drove...

Carcross is still my sanctuary if I just mind my own business. Even though Fall is in the air, we’re having beautiful weather for our 3-day Discovery Day weekend. On Saturday my son and his partner joined us for a particularly fine day, then yesterday Cathy and I disappeared...

I’ve just posted my usual photo album / review of this Alaska cruise on Holland America’s Amsterdam, and a bit of a land trip – just click here to see it. We took two excursions during the cruise, a custom boat tour with Captain Davey Lubin in Sitka that...

After spending most of the last month away, it feels good to be home, but it’s also quite a shock to the system. There are a million things to do – and prioritizing between the fun stuff and the mundane isn’t always easy. There are clients to meet, over...

It’s just after 0500, and the MS Amsterdam is a couple of hours from our rendezvous with the NPS rangers who will guide us around Glacier Bay for most of the day. It’s 55 degrees with a light misty rain and a cloud ceiling of perhaps 4,000 feet –...

Yukon ambulances are run by volunteers in most communities, and they’re being overworked. Attendants in Dawson City and Watson Lake have now quit, and attendants in other communities may follow. A few days ago our Minister of Health Brad Cathers said on CBC Radio that he doesn’t really want...

The weather forecast for both Carcross and Skagway this morning was for rain, at times heavy, but when I left home at 07:30 (Yukon time) it was cloudy but warm and dry. I carried some warmer clothes than the t-shirt and shorts I wore, but hoped that the forecast...