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Kayla got me a film camera for my birthday not long before our move up to the Yukon. Unfortunately, I can sometimes have a bit of a scarcity mindset when it comes to these things. Because of that, I’ve often put off using it. Not to mention, there’s nowhere in Continue Reading

We’ve hiked the Fish Lake trail several times now, but decided to take the extension this time! Once you hit the conventional “end,” you can either hike down the mountain (as per Alltrails) or hike back and down (as per Yukon Hiking). This post is just going to be a Continue Reading

One of our series of visitors this summer was my mother. Something she’s proud of is visiting Canada’s easternmost and southernmost publicly accessible locations. With her first visit to the Yukon, she asked to visit the westernmost spot, which would be the Yukon-Alaska border. Of course, along the way, we Continue Reading

As part of our trip package to McCarthy/Kennecott/Kennicott, the donor included a flightseeing tour in his own plane. He’s a geologist who is very familiar with the area, and knowing this, made the trip extra special to me. This is mostly just going to be a photo essay, so enjoy!

Kayla and I hiked the Root Glacier trail to start one of our days in Kennecott. The trail is maintained by the National Parks Service, who have excellent resources related to it here and here. Clocking in at about 6.5 km (4 miles) round-trip, it’s a pretty easy hike. The Continue Reading

The Kennecott Mines are a National Historic Landmark. The mines, which ran from the early 1910s to the late 1930s, stayed pretty well preserved until it was taken over by the Parks service. It is in a state of “arrested decay,” meaning that they’re working to keep it in its Continue Reading

We had a good sleep after driving from home to Copper Center. In an effort to make the best of our trip, we left Copper Center at about 9AM with a target of reaching the bridge by about noon. The first hour of the drive takes you to Chitna. As Continue Reading

In November of 2025, I won a trip to McCarthy, Alaska in a charity auction. McCarthy, and the neighbouring town of Kennecott, were founded in the early 1910s to support a copper mine (more on that in the next few posts!). The area is about a 13 hour drive from Continue Reading

I love the places my job takes me, especially when that includes Dawson City! I’ll mostly use this post as an excuse to post some photos. Up first is an early morning photo of the Moosehide Slide. The sun is shy behind the mountains (and the dome) for Dawson summer Continue Reading

A coworker of mine had found an ad in one of the local papers for a puzzling competition in Atlin, BC. While she had attended the world speed puzzling competition previously and humbly understated her skill, Kayla and I were new to the game. It is exactly as it sounds: Continue Reading