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CruiseShipCenters Whitehorse Grand Opening
on Sep 27, 2009 in Business & Commerce Cruises Photos Travel Yukon-Alaska Stuff Although the Expedia CruiseShipCenters office in Whitehorse has been open since the end of May, we had our Grand Opening over the past 3 days, and we all had a ball. The response from the community has been great – I’ve met a lot of peopl...
Moose-ing Around
on Sep 23, 2009 in Photos Wildlife Yukon-Alaska Stuff It’s that time of year when moose mate. Today I got incredibly lucky and witnessed part of a mating dance at Tutshi Lake. I first saw this bull on the sand bar at the end end of the lake, at the mouth of the Tutshi River. He was just a speck &#...
Hard Choices on a Fall Day
on Sep 15, 2009 in Photos Weather Yukon-Alaska Stuff The Fall colours on Golden Horn are spectacular this morning – this photo was taken from the deck at 7:40. I had planned to get into the high country today but the friend who was going to go with me cancelled because she’s sick. Now, shou...
Getting Ready for Winter – Firewood
on Sep 14, 2009 in Northern Lifestyle Yukon-Alaska Stuff My list of “to-dos” is lengthy and growing, but the priority is getting ready for the arrival of Father Winter. The largest of those jobs is firewood – the cutting and the stacking. We’ve still got a good stock of logs from ou...
Fall Colours, Snow & Steam Trains
on Sep 14, 2009 in Cruises Photos Railroads Travel Weather Yukon-Alaska Stuff Cathy and I had planned on working on the house yesterday. No really, we had , even though it was a beautiful morning. But then I got an email from one of the members of the WP&YR railfan discussion list that I belong to, saying that there was...
Chilkoot Trail Photojournal
on Aug 30, 2009 in Hiking History Photos Railroads Travel Yukon-Alaska Stuff I’ve finally posted the photos from the Chilkoot Trail hike that Steve and I did in late July. I’ve still got a lot of captioning to do but that could take weeks yet. All of the 100+ photos have the time that they were taken noted, though...