I always enjoy seeing people share their passion, and the Hammer Museum is a perfect example of that. The small building in downtown Haines that began life as a private residence a century ago now houses a collection of 2,300 hammers. As impressive as that number is, there are...

On January 16, 2024, Yukon Premier Pillai announced that the Government of Yukon would be commemorating the territory’s 125th anniversary with the release of medals featuring original artwork by Violet Gatensby of Carcross. The medals would be awarded to Yukoners who embody values of leadership and reconciliation. This would...

Cathy has been wanting to get back to Haines for a long time, so a couple of weeks ago made a reservation at the Oceanside RV Park. I arranged for a Haines friend to meet me at the Haines Summit for a hike the day before that reservation started,...

When I spent a day on Little Atlin Lake on July 10th, we were at the foot of White Mountain, and it occurred to me that for some reason I had never hiked the trail that climbs it. On Tuesday, August 6th, I rectified that – well, mostly. When...

From the morning of July 28th until the afternoon of August 3rd, Cathy and I were at Congdon Creek Campground on Kluane Lake. I wasn’t going to write a blog post because we didn’t do anything of note. But then a friend commented that perhaps that’s what is worth...

A friend asked if I’d like to drive into the Atlin – Surprise Lake backcountry yesterday to gather rocks for her landscaping. I love the Atlin area, so the answer was, of course, “yes” and it turned out to be an excellent day, ending with a series of wild...

For me, one of the best features of Conrad Campground is the trails. My longest single hike on our July 10-14 visit was 4.34 km, but on other hikes I used some sections of trails not covered on that one. The major trails can be seen on the map...

Conrad Campground has 6 walk-in tenting sites isolated by a substantial distance from the main part of the campground. They sites can be seen toward the centre left of the map below. There are walk-in tenting sites at 13 other campgrounds but none are as large and isolated as...

This post is actually about two visits to Conrad Campground with the motorhome. The first one, on July 4th-5th, only lasted one night due to a major electrical problem. With that fixed, the second one was from July 10th through the 14th. On our first visit, our first RV...

On Sunday morning (July 10th), Cathy got a call from our friend Adam, asking if I would like to join him and his son Cecil, who just turned 3, on their boat for a day on Tagish Lake. Cathy replied that I wasn’t doing very well so no, but...