Blogs from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, North America - page 4

Left Whitehorse Tuesday morning to start the trek towards home. Stopped at the Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre on the way. What a history these First Nation people have and so friendly. The road is still pretty rough hoping for smoother trails once we head south. The road improved quite a bit once we hit the Stewart-Cassier Highway (BC 37), a narrow hard topped road but some beautiful scenery. Stopped for the night at Boya Lake Provincial Park about 81 km south of the Alaska Highway junction and BC 37. What a great place to stop, quiet and some great views out our back window. Will get on the road early tomorrow morning and hopefully make it to the junction of the Stewart-Cassier and the highway to Prince Rupert.... read more

It's Day 3 on the Ranch. We arrived safely in Whitehorse and stayed our 1 night in town. We got picked up at 9am by Danielle and arrived at MUKTUK ADVENTURES!! It's been an amazing experience so far. There's 120 dogs, the youngest litter is 7 months old and are all named after treeish things, like Aspen, Cedar, Pine, etc. The oldest is 17, and boy is he old. Can barely move the poor guy, but he gets around. They're so cute. I want them all. We do a few jobs with split shifts so we have a bit of down time - housekeeping from 8am-1pm then 5pm-7pm. and Gardening from 8am-11am then 4pm-9pm. It's been interesting, and everyone is really nice. Theres about 8 other volunteers and a few full/part timers, 2 aussies, a lot ... read more

We discovered a Wildlife Preserve today, so we spent about 2 hours there. As you can see from our pictures there were a lot of great animals to see in their natural environment. After the wildlife park we had lunch at a little café called "Bean North". It was a local coffee shop that made great sandwiches, too. After lunch we headed to Takhini Hot Springs to soak our tired muscles. It was really nice to just sit and relax in the 108 degree water. It even rained pretty hard on us, but it felt to refreshing.... read more

I planned to talk more about Hawaii, and the Green Sand Beach in particular,but I have a bit of a complication (short-lived, hopefully), with my Hawaii photos… So, since our great & wonderful friends, Richard and Shannan, (perhaps you’ve read about them already in my stories…) happen to be visiting us this weekend, I’ve decided to tell a story about their move from Alaska to Michigan... You may have read my blog about going to visit them in Alaska, after they moved there from Michigan, and this blog is about their “turn-around” trip – 3 years later. Shannan and I were discussing their upcoming move, and she was talking about how long it was, and how it’d be more fun if it was a “roadtrip” instead of a move. Also, they had two cars, they’d be ... read more

Whitehorse, Yukon... The Caribou RV Park and a quick trip to Toronto We finally covert some miles and were just a few mile before Whitehorse the capital of Canada’s Yukon Territory. The town was founded in 1900 with the arrival of the White Pass & Yukon Railway from tidewater at Skagway, the tent-and-cabin city became the terminal for freight being transferred from railway to riverboat for shipment to Dawson City. Before the railway was pushed through to provide an easier mode of transportation, the bulk of the early-day stampeders came by ocean steamer to Skagway or Dyea and toiled over the White Pass (the route presently paralleled by the railroad) or Chilkoot Pass to the head of Lake Bennett. Here they whipsawed native lumber and built crude boats and scows to travel the 550-mile Yukon River ... read more