It was a bit brighter this morning, 9C, blue skies and the heavy dark clouds of yesterday had given way to a sparser lighter white version. Whitehorse itself was still an unhappy looking, feeling place. It's a town where people in general seem without much hope, soup kitchens abound and seeing people going through rubbish bins is the norm. There is an over abundance of security cameras so assume the crime rate is high. Yesterday I'd seen drugs openly dealt on th...

Before I start today's blog I need to go over late last night and the early hours of this morning. While using the internet after dinner a young woman travelling alone stopped in about 11pm to buy petrol. She only had cash and the pumps only work on credit card. Dave couldn't help her, she looked somewhat distressed as the fuel options at the best of times are thin on the ground through here let alone at that hour. I helped her out, using my card and taking her ...

Another crisp sunny day greeted us this morning. We slept well in our room with its huge gas heater gently kicking in and out through the night. The road is mainly pine forest as far as you can see with the northern snow capped Rockies an ever present backdrop. As soon as we left the town behind us there was snow on the ground despite it being a balmy 9C. We stopped to top up the esky, much of yesterday's snow "ice" was still there keeping much better than the...

They say things will look better in the morning and today that's certainly true. While it's still cloudy it's much lighter clouds interspersed with some sizeable patches of clear blue skies. It's still cool, hovering between zero and 5C with a little snow here and there still on the ground from overnight falls. We set off on the Alaska Hwy, heading north. A small detour took us to KIskatinaw Provincial Park complete with an interesting curved wooden bridge. We...

We woke to a slightly warmer day, fresh snow on the mountains and the sight of geese flying south in formation from our rooms balcony. We took some time to walk around the town of Jasper, checked up a few stores and topped up on a couple if essentials. As we left town there was a huge bull elk with massive antlers by the side of the road with his two ladies. He was causing quite a stir with a lot of cars stopping to take his pic. Another small herd were a litt...