Frog hunting in Whitehorse

I know that many of you live in areas where frogs are abundant and seeing and hearing them is no big deal. In the Yukon, though, many people don’t even realize we have frogs here, so when I saw an ad last week that Yukon Wildlife Viewing was having...
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More pipeline and railway exploring by e-bike

Yesterday, I went out on a major exploration again, on the route I started to ride on May 13th, along the WWII Canol pipeline road. My goal was again to reach the Cowley Lakes where the White Pass & Yukon Route rail line crosses them. Cathy joined me this...
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On 2 wheels – outings with the e-bike and the gas-bike

On Tuesday and Wednesday (May 4th and 5th), I made two rides that were significant in my life. On Tuesday I did the longest ride yet on my new e-bike, just over 30 kilometers. And yesterday I did a 504-km ride to Kluane Lake on the V-Star – it’s...
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Spring swans at Tagish, Yukon

Our spring swan hunt on April 19th began at Carcross, but there were few swans so just before 4:00 pm we headed for the bridge at Tagish where numbers are usually much higher. That’s a scenic 34-km drive. Yukon Highway 8, more commonly called the Tagish Road, is a...
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History and swans at Carcross, Yukon

On Monday, April 19th, I got a call from friends asking if I’d like to join them for a swan hunt. I sure would! I’m doing two blog posts about this outing because the Carcross and Tagish parts of it were quite different and each has enough photos to...
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Spring is here – somewhere under the snow perhaps

It felt for a while like Father Winter was never going to leave, but Spring has now arrived. Though nights are still just below freezing, the sun is very warm. We have a record load of snow on the ground – for a while 1972 had deeper snow according...
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More about the blog rebuild

Rebuilding the blog is a massive job, but I’m actually quite enjoying it. I’m enjoying both the end result, and the countless wonderful memories that get triggered by it. I now have 246 posts in the new format. Here’s a look further back. On August 26, 2008, I posted:...
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Snow and home renovations and a book deal

As the weather gets warmer and the snow keeps falling, I have a whole lot of projects going on. The rebuild of my blog is coming along well – I have 179 posted so far. This is post number 1,229 since I started the blog on April 25, 2006,...
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Wandering around in the snow, with a walk at McIntyre Pond

Things have been pretty quiet as the snow gets deeper and the temperature colder. But the light is starting to feel like Spring, and many people are commenting on how good that feels. My outings have been quite short but it really is lovely, so here’s a look. My...
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