A change is as good as a rest.
It seems I’m ready for a change.
So, tomorrow morning I’m flying north to the Yukon.
The Yukon, according to Wikipedia, “is the westernmost and smallest of Canada’s three federal territories. Whitehorse is the territorial capital and Yukon’s only city.”
I’ll be flying to that territorial capital to join some other travel writers for a week-long press trip. We’ll do some glacier flight-seeing and flying over Mount Logan (Canada’s highest mountain), along with some guided fishing on Desadeash Lake, and visiting Dawson City for Discovery Days. Apparently there will some hanging out at Diamond Tooth Gerties Gambling Hall (this sounds risky).
In between…I’m guessing that we’ll probably end up drinking the odd whiskey cocktail. This could be viewed as a good thing…or possibly dangerous (see reference to risky above).
I’ll keep you posted.
Colleen, I am sure that you’ve heard of Robert Service, the British Canadian who lived in the Yukon for many years. He wrote many poems, one of them is a favourite of ours. I am sending you the link https://www.poeticous.com/robert-w-service/im-scared-of-it-all?q=Maria
I look forward to reading about your trip.
The Yukon… seems so far away ! I can hear the wolves howling…. I think of Jack London and the Great North with snowy mountains and the gold rush… dreams.. dreams ..
How I envy you !
Enjoy your trip with your fellow writers.
Catherine, the Yukon is everything you’d imagine and more.
People are still chasing gold. Last night in the Westminster Bar, I met some people who have just moved here to Dawson and staked a claim.
There is so much space with no buildings, no people, nothing but the wildness of the landscape.
It’s spectacular and bigger than I could have dreamed.
Lucky you ! I wish I was with you.
Catherine, I’ll be writing a post about this trip (soon) so you can read more about it.
I hope you make it here one day.
Nothing compares to the Sour Toe Cocktail! When I was up there in ’98, the only place to get it was the Northern Hotel.
Have fun!
I cheated a little and actually did the sour toe cocktail in Vancouver when Tourism Yukon hosted a dinner at Edible BC. Pretty sure I don’t want to do that again!
There’s gold in them thar hills…
and her name is Colleen Friesen
Damn! I wish I would have thought of that 🙂
Thanks for the great line Laurie.
Signed, Sparkly 🙂