Watson Lake Sign Post Forest is a unique landmark located near Watson Lake. It began during construction of the Alaska Highway. A U.S. Army soldier named Carl Lindley, working on the highway, was feeling homesick and decided to post…
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Yukon
A good, roadside attraction is always on our list so stopping at the “World’s Smallest Desert” was a no-brainer, but we found there’s more to this area than meets the eye.…
As humans, we’re fascinated with remote, rugged and wild places. Whether we’re testing our physical and mental endurance, looking to evoke thoughts about human existence in these vast and timeless places, or just wanting to be inspired by their…
My mom was Catholic, I lived with a Presbyterian minister and his wife my senior year of high school, I went to a Jesuit college, and spent all of my 20s living with an atheist. Suffice it to say,…
Nestled at the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon Rivers, with its wooden boardwalks and street-lined historic buildings it’s easy to forget its 2024 and not the Klondike Gold Rush era of the late 1800s.…
There are a few ways to see Alaska – by boat, rail or car/RV. We are so lucky to have done a cruise up the Inside Passage in 2017 and to have the time and money now to see…
From the town of Whitehorse, we continued northwest towards the Kluane National Park and Reserve in Yukon, Canada specifically to see ovis dalli, otherwise known as Dall sheep!…
It’s embarrassing to admit that while Doug’s first thought when someone mentions the Yukon is the classic Jack London novel “Call of the Wild” about an adventurous dog who becomes a sled dog. Mine is the little miner named…
We got an early start the next morning. As we left Dease Lake, the clouds lifted and the brilliance of these giant, deep blue and white marbled peaks of the Stikine Range and Cassiar Range was revealed. We saw…
