On Thursday I returned to the historic Venus silver mine, but this time planning on a full day of exploring, with the 1905-1909 Venus No. 2 workings being the goal. There was a larger goal as well, to see if I still have enough passion about this mine (these...

After spending a couple of hours exploring the old concentrator for the Venus silver mine, I felt the need for something different, so drove half a mile and went for a steep hike above the 1970s Venus workings, towards some Dall sheep and mountain goats that could be seen...

For most Yukoners, the Victoria Day weekend is the first camping weekend of the season. For us this year, it was the third camping weekend, having spent Easter at Haines and then a weekend at Skagway, but as with many of our neighbours, Skagway was once again our destination....

Regular readers here have seen many photos of the old mill for the Venus silver mine over the years, and I decided on the spur of the moment on May 13th to show you much more of it. And “more” turned out to be much more – there are...

The vast, almost always empty beach at Dyea is one of my favourite places to go as Spring approaches. The real Spring, not the one of the calendar that bears no resemblance to the Northern one 🙂 On Wednesday, the dogs and I went down for the day, and...

Friday night was intended to be another night of aurora photography. Despite a great forecast, the aurora never showed in any photograph-worthy way, but I did rediscover a side of Whitehorse that I hadn’t seen in many years. There will certainly be other nights like this, as it’s a...

I was quite excited about the opportunity to photograph the latest aurora I’ve ever seen on Thursday night. Although the weather forecast when I went to bed at 8:00 pm indicated that I might have to do some searching for clear skies, the aurora forecast for strong (level 4)...

I finally got out on a real ride today, way later than usual. Just too much going on. Well, I actually was out on the bike for an hour or so the day before we went Haines over Easter, but an hour doesn’t real count 🙂 The plan today...

After a pretty dismal winter for aurora viewing, the wonderful displays of the past few weeks have been thrilling, and I’m taking advantage of any possibility to photograph more of them. The forecast was for a good display (a Level 3 at the UAF Geophysical Institute site) but for...

As a child growing up in Surrey in the 1950s and ’60s, the Trans-Canada Highway through the Fraser Canyon was a regular route for our family road trips, and I’ve never lost my fascination with the 7 tunnels that were built between 1957 and 1964. Located between Boston Bar...