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June 13-16, 2013 Inuvik to Penticton  June 13: Depart Inuvik 952 Arrive Norman Wells 1203; Depart Norman Wells 1312 Arrive YK 1635 June 16: Depart YK 530 Arrive Dawson Creek 900; Depart Dawson Creek 1000 Arrive Penticton 1400 On June 13, the weather is clear and sunny in Inuvik. Before departing, Ed files a flight [...]

June 15, 2013 Depart Paulatuk 1350  Arrive Tuktoytuk  (Tuk) 1558 Depart Tuk 1706 Arrive Inuvik 1758 We lift off from Paulatuk and fly west along the Arctic coast, head inland to intersect the Horton River and follow it to its mouth on the east side of Cape Bathurst, Franklin Bay. We marvel at the colour [...]

June 11, 2013 Depart Colville Lake 1634; Arrive Paulatuk 1757 We wait all day in Colville Lake for word that Paulatuk is clear of fog. Finally Ed is satisfied with the 4pm weather report and we head out. What can I say? It is an uneventful but very impressive flight between Colville Lake and Paulatuk. [...]

Leg 6: Mayo to Colville Lake June 10, 2013 Depart Mayo 1200 Arrive Norman Wells 1430 The country between Mayo and Norman Wells is raw and wild. We flew over very high mountains and there were a lot of clouds and rain storms that we dodged by detouring to follow valleys with less clouds. I [...]

Leg 5: Dawson City to Mayo, Yukon: Photo Log June 9, 2013  

Yukon Celebrations, Klondike Style Dawson City, June 8, 2013 Commissioner’s Tea What a day of celebration!! Every year the Commissioner of the Yukon (equivalent to the provinces’ Lieutenant Governors) hosts an afternoon high tea at the original Victorian Commissioner’s residence in Dawson City, the original capital of the Yukon Territory. Guests wear Klondike-era clothing – [...]

Whitehorse to Dawson City: June 7, 2013 Another spectacular flight from Whitehorse to Dawson City. The pollen is rising from the boreal forest like a yellow-green fog. The rivers are filled with mud and silt form the late run-off. Dawson City has standing water in the north end of town from the record-breaking river levels [...]

Leg 2 Whitehorse: June 3 to June 6, 2013 Whitehorse was great. We visited with many friends and had not enough time. Ed wants to come back for a longer visit next time – yippee! I was thrilled that 19 women featured in our book, Remarkable Yukon Women, came out to an afternoon tea hosted [...]

Leg 1 – Penticton to Atlin, BC Saturday, June 1, 2013 Up at 5:00 am. The weather is not great, nor is the forecast on our route towards Atlin but we decide to give it a go. I drop off Yukon at her kennel in Oliver while Ed loads the plane and chats with the [...]

April was a month of closure for a way of being that I followed for many years – involvement on boards and committees. I’m proud that even though I have been living with three cancer diagnoses and subsequent treatments since 2011, I completed my terms of office with the Yukon Heritage Resources Board and the Creative [...]