Month: September 2023

After a peaceful anchor we head out hoping to see a new Spirit bear that was briefly sighted the day before. It is low tide, this drains by 5 m off the rocks and exposes delicious morsels on the rocks. We can’t believe it but as we approach the mouth…

Today we fly to Terrace as our starting point for a week long trip to the Great Bear Rain forest, where we are hopeful to see some Spirit bears. These are black bears that are white and because of this carry a special meaning to the First Nations. It requires…

We manage to sneak in a morning tea at the Alpine bakery after our 10 day adventure , when we arrive back in Whitehorse, using our last bit of rhubarb jam on the yummy choco buns. Lunch was provided by the “Bullet hole bagel “ a small literally, hole in…

This is our last day of exploring in the Kluane National Park. It’s a little wet but we plan on taking a few hikes before we leave. The first one is a nice trail called the Spruce Beetle trail and has an informative set of tables as we walk through,…

We arrive to Whitehorse late morning and I have discovered a new cafe in town called “The Kind Cafe”. By the time we park and walk to the cafe housed at the bottom of a brand new apartment block it is almost midday. I check with the young women serving…

We decide to break our trip to Whitehorse by stopping the night at Tatchun Lake, this is the very first campsite we stayed in on our maiden voyage to the Yukon in 2009. After our regular start to the morning in Dawson City we fill up. Big Bertha is a…

We leave after our usual breakfast of granola, BC blueberries, strawberries, banana, coconut yogurt, hazelnuts, walnuts and a little warm milk- yum breakfast of champions to last the day! It is a short ride to Dawson City, established during the Klondike Gold rush days starting 1898. It drove the stampeders…

Our last day in the park is meant to be sunny. As the sun sets we get a sprinkling of snow at the campground and a cold wind kicks up but we are quite toasty in Big Bertha. André happens to wake up at 1.30am and looks out the window…

We wake up to a sprinkling of snow around on the higher peaks, it has been drizzling slightly on the lower elevations, nothing to stop us from exploring. Today we decide to gradually make our way to the far park boundary and Chapman Lake at the 116km mark. Of course…

We make it into the park quite early in the morning. The name comes from the highest peak in the park Mt Tombstone as in fact that is what it looks like. We drive around the 36 site campground noticing lots of people with dogs, many of a husky flavour…