More Days Out

After last winter spent in the Arctic, the weather here in Vancouver seems almost tropical to us. Today, December 28, it's -29C, with ice crystals, in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut where we were last year on this date. Here in Vancouver it's +4C and sunny. I don't think it's gone below 0C, during daylight...

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Out and About around Vancouver

We've been comfortably ensconced in our Vancouver winter quarters for about six weeks now and are enjoying our stay very much, especially our ocean views. From our apartment we particularly enjoy watching the working boats, like this little beachcomber tug towing a log. At ground level, the sea...

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Vancouver - our winter home

After arriving in Vancouver, we hit the ground running to find an apartment for our winter stay. It's the first time in over five years that we'll be living on land instead of water (or ice! as we did during last winter's Arctic sojourn) and we wanted to get settled quickly. A quick overview tour of...

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Homer to Vancouver

The road trip from Homer, Alaska to Vancouver, BC took longer than anticipated. The daylight hours were short and road conditions were not great. We managed to stay ahead of the worst of the snow through Alaska, but, our luck ran out in Yukon and we had snow covered roads through the Territory and well...

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Dawson City to Homer

The drive from Dawson City, Yukon to Homer, Alaska was a treat. The northerly route we'd planned to take via Tok, Alaska was not possible as the Top-of-the-World Highway and its border crossing was closed for the season (on September 20 already). This meant we had to retrace our steps a bit and travel...

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Fort Simpson to Dawson City

Many years ago we were caught by 'The Spell of the Yukon'. It wasn't gold that drew us as in Robert Service's poem of the same name, but, the amazing history of that gold rush of 1898 and how it opened up Canada's North. From Robert Service's poem, the Spell of the Yukon, as seen on the side...

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Yellowknife to Fort Simpson

We picked up the van in Yellowknife and as all the campgrounds were closed 'two weeks ago' we decided to 'boondock' (in sailing we'd call it 'gunkholing', in RV-speak it's called 'boondocking') for the first night. We drove out about twenty-five miles along the Ingraham Trail and found a quiet spot...

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On the road again

Now that Gjoa is safely ashore until probably next May when we relaunch, we won't be writing about sailing travel for a while. Although we won't be sailing, we hope to still do some interesting things over the winter and will continue to post on occasion. It's been just over two weeks since Gjoa's...

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