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...

I spent 3/4 of an hour posting yesterday, then lost the whole thing to a power failure just as I hit “Publish”. Ah, the joys of technology – I guess I should go back to writing the posts in Notepad instead of online. On Friday, the group left for...

Everyone seemed to enjoy having the morning to relax and/or explore at the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge yesterday morning. To avoid getting to Anchorage too soon, I offered the group a chance to go to the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer as well as the scheduled stop at the Iditarod...

The Maher group was yet again blessed in Denali National Park yesterday – the variety of animals we saw was wonderful, and some were in unusual places compared to my last 25+ trips into the park. We left the McKinley Chalet hotel on the Tundra Wildernes Tour (TWT) bus...