Flying from Whitehorse back to Phoenix
I’m in a campground at Idaho Falls, Idaho, as I write this, halfway through an Adventure that truly has me overwhelmed. There will probably not be an update until I get home, as I’m speed-touring a 3,200-mile route home with my new motorhome. I’m dying to tell you about...
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Wandering along the Alaska Highway on the motorcycle
Summer has finally returned to the Yukon, and yesterday I was dying to get back on my motorcycle. Checking out the recently-reopened Johnson’s Crossing Lodge, 110 km down the Alaska Highway, was as good an excuse as any 🙂 What a superb day to be on 2 wheels. There...
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Experience the Alaska Highway by motorcycle
This post was originally written for the Destination BC Blog, but when it was closed I moved it here, under the original date. Motorcycle enthusiasts around the world know BC as a dream destination for road trips, and high on the list of the best routes to ride is...
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Watching and riding trains around the world
Living in the Yukon, I don’t get many opportunities to see trains other than those of the White Pass & Yukon Route (WP&YR), but they’re one of my favourite subjects when I travel, and I never pass up an opportunity to ride on a new railway. When I started...
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A small herd of Mustangs (of the P-51 variety) at Whitehorse
Having three P-51 Mustangs overnight at Whitehorse brought a lot of people out to the airport for a look. They are from the Bremont Horsemen Aerobatic Team, which first took off over a decade ago as the world’s only P-51 Mustang formation aerobatic team, though they fly several other...
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Flying from Phoenix to Whitehorse
On Friday, my long journey home from Arizona to the Yukon began with a 04:00 wakeup call, and a 04:30 shuttle to the airport with a particularly friendly driver. By 05:45 when I shot this photo from the departure lounge at PHX, I was ready to get going, hoping...
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Two days in the Phoenix, Arizona, area
Wednesday was planned to be a very exciting, very busy day – confirming purchase of the motorhome, getting a lot of export/import paperwork started, and perhaps even getting the rig packed for the trip back to the Yukon. It didn’t turn out that way, though. The day started early,...
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Flying from Whitehorse to Phoenix
I returned yesterday evening from a marathon 4-day trip to Phoenix and back. This was the final step in starting a new stage in our lives, buying a motorhome and focussing on slowing down and seeing the North in great detail instead of travelling abroad. The plan for this...
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Hiking the Summit Peak Trail in Stone Mountain Provincial Park
So many mountains, so little time! For 25 years I’d been driving the Alaska Highway, past the spectacular limestone peaks around Summit Lake, always wishing I could see the view from the top of one. I finally got that opportunity see the view from the top of one during...
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Hinton to Whitehorse in 46 hours
I knew that I wouldn’t have much time in Hinton, but for a few reasons, it was even shorter than I’d expected. I went out for breakfast with the kids and at 09:30 was on the road. In Hinton, you can smell the economy (the pulp mill – “the...
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