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Category Archives: Life in the Yukon
Pairing wine and moose
‘Nuff said
Pics from the trip to Atlin on Canada Day
My parents on St. Patrick’s Day
Crazy Yukoner wants to be the coldest Canadian…
My friend Michael (from Whitehorse) wants to take his wife, Fawn, on a date in New Zealand. You can help. Air New Zealand is holding a “Coldest Canadian” contest. You have to go here: http://www.coldestcanadian.ca/yukoner-goes-snorkeling Watch the video. Register with the site (evil, I know, but necessary). Vote for his video everyday until…well, until he […]
Hand Sanitizer: Strictly for Hands
Am republishing this story because my friend hadn’t read it yet. Originally published 26 December 2006. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My sister has been bugging me for over a year to post this story about hand sanitizer and outhouses. It is a fairly embarrassing story, but I thought–since it was on my list of things to do in […]
Ken Burke in the Whitehorse Rememberence Day Parade
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Today is Remembrance Day in Canada. My Dad will be participating in the local parade in Whitehorse. I want to post a picture of him in his regalia. My Dad never actually fought in a war, but the military is a big part of […]
Merry Christmas from Whitehorse, Yukon
First camping trip of the year–42 years later!
Here is a picture of my parents on the first camping trip of the year in 2007. Ever since they have been married, they have gone camping. And now in 2007, it’s 42 years later!!!! My parents have been married for 42 years. They are still camping. Most importantly, they are still laughing!!!! I love […]
McCrae Family Reunion (and more!)
Well, this was going to be a blog entry about the spontaneous McCrae reunioun we had over the Christmas Holidays, but I can’t find my pictures. I’m annoyed. I usually don’t lose my pictures. When I went back to the Yukon this Christmas, I phoned my friend Yvonne. We arranged to have lunch at the […]