I had intended to return to Mine Mountain just north of Skagway yesterday, to find what I remember as an easy way into the Inspiration Point Mine, but about 20 minutes from home, the list of things I’d forgotten got so long that I had to turn back. By...

Fort Selkirk is a remote ghost town, one of the oldest communities in the Yukon, and a gem of a historic site that few people will ever see. The only way to reach it is by boat, but each year on Parks Day, free boat shuttles are offered. Canada’s...

I needed to get out of the house on Friday, and with the weather looking not too bad in both Whitehorse and Skagway (though a possibility of showers in both places), decided to take the bike down the highway to the coast. That plan didn’t work out, however. As...

For 3 days last week, I immersed myself in 2 things that I haven’t gotten anywhere near enough of in recent years – history and wilderness. This is a very long post – after the final edit, I have 476 photos from this trip. As well as the 69...

What a crazy summer it’s been so far! I decided to not even try to catch you up on what’s been going on in my world for the past few weeks, but start fresh. We’re doing a lot of major renovation work on the house. After an initial hard...

I started on a post to tell you what’s been going on since I got home from Calgary almost 2 weeks ago, but that will take a while, so first I’m going to tell you about a surprise visitor to Whitehorse. On May 23rd at 07:10, a Nippon Cargo...

As usual at the end of a trip, I was anxious to get home, and was out of my room at the Northern Rockies Lodge just before 04:30 on Friday. I didn’t get any photos of the lodge’s dining room last night, so shot a couple this morning at...

On Thursday, my schedule called for a 621-km drive up the Alaska Highway to Muncho Lake where I had a room booked at the beautiful Northern Rockies Lodge. As usual, I was up early, though I didn’t plan to get away until the light was good, as my first...

My plan for Wednesday was to drive from Hinton, Alberta, to Fort St. John, British Columbia, via Highways 40, 43 and the Alaska Highway. I was away from Hinton a few minutes after 05:00, and stopped briefly to get a photo of the pulp mill. Pulp mill towns used...

Both my son and his wife were off work for my free day in Hinton, and they suggested Miette Hot Springs down in Jasper National Park as the main destination. Any hot springs sound good to me, particularly one high in the Rockies on a back road. I’m extremely...