A warm and foggy winter

It’s been more than 5 weeks since I last posted – time flies when you’re having fun 🙂 Here’s a bit of a catch-up on what’s going on. Mostly, that’s another litter of rescue puppies. I haven’t seen confirmation by the weather office, but I expect that we’re having...
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Engaging people in Yukon history – my 30 years of experimenting

I’m writing this post on February 22, 2023, but as it’s a presentation I gave on October 24, 2018, I’m back-dating to look like it was posted then. Sometimes I find files in places they shouldn’t be. I stumbled across this Powerpoint presentation a couple of days ago, and...
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A late-Fall hike in the White Pass with the dogs

On Saturday, my friend Karla and I decided to take advantage of the continuing beautiful Fall weather for a hike in the White Pass. As well as my dogs Bella and Tucker, and Karla’s little dog Meeko, I was baby-sitting my former foster Klee for the weekend, so we...
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A spectacular night with the aurora borealis

I haven’t done a lot of aurora shooting yet this season, but the forecast for Tuesday night was so incredible, I made arrangements to meet a friend for a night of dancing lights. After editing, I have 144 photos from this night, but I’ve only posted a dozen 🙂...
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Trucking for a few years, and I still love trucks

A few days ago, I renewed my Class 1 driver’s licence, meaning I can drive anything from semi-trailer rigs down. For many years, there hasn’t been any practical reason for doing it, but it’s part of how I identify myself. That thought got me looking back in my “Trucks”...
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This season’s final RV camping weekend at Kluane Lake

A last-minute decision took Cathy and I back out to Kluane Lake this past weekend, for our final RV camping weekend of this season. With night-time temperatures nearing -15°C (+5°F) later this week, it’s time to get my water system winterization done. We arrived at our favourite campground, Congdon...
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A quick trip down memory lane in Surrey, BC

I got home yesterday from a quick trip to Surrey (a suburb of Vancouver), where I went for the 50th anniversary reunion of my high school graduation class. From our little school, Princess Margaret Senior Secondary, 97 people (including some spouses) had signed up to come. It was wonderful,...
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Exploring Spook Creek in Whitehorse, Yukon

This little exploration was prompted by a couple of videos that were posted on Facebook recently, showing a beaver crossing 4 lanes of traffic on Two Mile Hill in Whitehorse. My response was something to the effect of “where is he going? There’s no water over there”. Somebody responded...
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Sternwheelers in Whitehorse – reminders of our history

For its first 50 years, Whitehorse was solidly connected to the Yukon River, and to the sternwheelers and other boats that ran up and down it. Now, although the restored sternwheeler S.S. Klondike is the city’s most iconic attraction, the other boats have been pretty much forgotten, and even...
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