Blogs from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, North America - page 9

By the way, If you ever make this trip, I highly suggest you plan to bypass the town of Watson Lake. Suffice to say, it’s a dump. That opinion may be influenced by the hotel I stayed in and the lousy internet connection. I heard from Lucy about this and she enjoyed her stop here. After leaving Watson Lake, I stopped at a great place for breakfast, called Nugget City, with a pretty cool gift shop and a great café: the Wolf It Down Café. Thanks again to Bryan for loaning me his copy of “Milepost.” It is THE bible for travelers in the North, particularly the Alaska Highway. It has every possible thing in it, mile by mile. That’s how I decided to have breakfast at Nugget City. My next destination was Whitehorse, on the ... read more

Today is the final day of preparation, tomorrow I leave for Vancouver at 7am, and from there onto Shanghai. This being a geek trek getting all my gadgets charged and organized, Apps installed, and itunes play lists setup, is really my top priority for the day. When i setup my countdown timer on iGoogle it started at 180 days, I must admit part of me never expected to open up firefox and see it say "1" day, but it is finally here. Now all that's left to do is setup my out of office and watch the clock. ... read more

Tuesday August 26 - Thursday August 28 We arrived in Whitehorse earlier than scheduled due to the flight from Dawson. We took a ride on the waterfront trolly, checked out the visitor center and the local museum. That evening we enjoyed the Frantic Follies. On Wednesday morning we visited a local animal reserve and that afternoon met our friend Charlene who treated us to a tour of Whitehorse. Winter comes early in the Yukon the first snow of the season has already frosted the higher elevations around Whitehorsee. That evening we gathered for our farewell dinner. We said goodbye to Sherrie Moon, our tour director and the members of our tour group. The next day we flew to Vancouver. Our tour of Alaska and the Yukon officially ends with a night at the Fairmont Vancouver Airport. ... read more

Le slogan du Yukon est "Larger than life", histoire de remettre un peu les choses dans leur contexte. Le VTT dans le Yukon prend toute une autre dimension. Il y a plus de 5000km de pistes dans les montagnes qui bordent Whitehorse. De quoi s'eclater pendant des annees sans jamais faire le meme parcours. A chaque tournant un lac, un canyon, une immensite, un ours parfois meme. Les pistes sont souvent tres etroites parmis les arbres et tout aussi techniques et physiques. On sent l'adrenaline monter a devaler ces pistes au bord du precipice. C'est maintenant notre cinquieme jour a Whitehorse et on comptabilise deja pres de 7 heures de VTT, c'est une experience a lui tout seul, quelque chose d'unique auquel on devient tres vite addicte. Apres l'effort le reconfort, et le reconfort c'est le ... read more

Day 15 (July 12, 2008) Goodbye Valdez, Hello Yukon Territory (Again) As you recall, I spent the night at the Sea Otter campground right on Valdez Harbor. I awoke this morning to bright blue skies with just a whisper of white clouds. The air was crisp and you could see your breath…calm and the harbor was like a sheet of glass. Hated to leave this setting but I had a deadline to make to get close to Haines for my ferry ride to Bellingham. I slept very well in the cool night air. I had asked the night before where was the best place to get a good breakfast and the reply was the Totem Inn and Restaurant. And they were right. I usually try and get a real good breakfast, coast through lunch and then ... read more