The photo below shows the way things looked in Carcross 2 hours ago, with the train to Skagway leaving and the new footbridge being built behind. Carcross is changing rapidly – the psychological changes have already occurred, and the physical ones will take place over this summer and the...

The “Welcome to Yukon” sign on the South Klondike Highway was taken down a couple of weeks ago for renovation. I assumed that the renovation would largely entail changing the slogan from “Canada’s True North” (which I found offensive) to “Larger Than Life”. But it went back up on...

Friday’s inaugural run of the Carcross-Skagway rail service was truly a world-class adventure. I’ve heard that there were some problems with the Yukoners’ Special run, but everything that was an issue then has been resolved. My review got rather carried away and beyond what’s reasonable on a blog, so...

The last of the ice is finally blowing off Lake Bennett – it should finish today by the look of it. If you’ve never seen a breakup (of the ice, I mean!), it’s an experience you should seek out. The sights and sounds of the candle ice in motion...

There’s an icy wind blowing in Carcross today, and the ice has finally started to blow out of Lake Bennett. I just returned at 01:00 this morning from a 6-day trip to visit family down where it’s summer, though – Kelowna, BC. Beyond the long-overdue family part of it...

You wouldn’t think that finding good speakers for your iPod would be that tough, would you? Okay, “good” is subjective – what I’ve been looking for for a long time is a small portable system with good sound (duh!) to use on the deck. I finally found what I...

Ah, Spring, when the world is once again filled with the songs of birds. What better excuse to spend a few hours behind the lens of my camera. Here are some of the birds we saw in Dyea and Carcross over the weekend. Below, a gray ruffed grouse on...

I spent about 3 hours at the YUWIN Job Fair in Whitehorse yesterday, as a resource person at the Destination Carcross booths (seen in the photo below). It probably wasn’t productive, but it was interesting. There seems to be a pervasive feeling by job-seekers today that they’re doing employers...

I’ve received some emails recently wondering if I’m okay. I appreciate the concern, and it has been over a month since I’ve posted here, but it’s not because I’ve been sick or any such bad thing. Spring is just such a busy time in the North, and this Spring...

I’m getting soft. Too much time in Whitehorse with a well-insulated house, propane heat and a cozy spa-for-2 will do that, I suppose. Our 6 Northstay guests arrive from Nova Scotia tomorrow, so all the furkids and I are at the cabin and Cathy is in Ontario visiting family...