Yukon River
Whitehorse to Dawson July 13-25, 2010 Where do you start to describe an experience that tested me like no other? I don’t know what I expected when I agreed to join Hammer in… Continue reading
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Chilkoot Trail
July 8-11, 2010 Thanks to Thoreau, Bill Bryson and of course Hammer for the inspiration – I finally got to go for a ‘Walk in the Woods’. The Chilkoot Trail is the 53km… Continue reading
Skagway
July 7, 2010 The ferry between Juneau and Skagway passes though some more stunning scenery. Just when you think it can’t get better – it does. Steep, snow covered mountains shrouded in mist… Continue reading
Juneau
July 5-6, 2010 Arrived in Juneau in the predawn light at 3am and before too long it was daylight. The ferry terminal is nearly 20km out of town, displaced from proximity to anything… Continue reading
Inside Passage
July 2-4, 2010 Sleeping bags and mats on the Solarium deck was our overnight accomodation for the three nights travelling along the Inside Passage from Bellingham to Juneau. It is not quite the… Continue reading
Victoria BC & Bellingham
July 1, 2010 Steady rain accompanied us for most of the ferry trip out from Seattle to Victoria in British Columbia. But by the time we got there the sun was breaking through.… Continue reading
Seattle
June 28 -30, 2010 The only thing I knew about Seattle before we came was it rains – a lot. So I guess we were lucky – 3 days of glorious sunshine with… Continue reading
From Warriewood to ?
Sunday June 27, 2010 Well as it turnout out it was Warriewood to Inglewood, the location of Los Angeles airport. We left Sydney on a clear blue sky winters day. A walk along… Continue reading
Three More Sleeps
Thursday June 24, 2010 Hammer – the young roughneck – travelled through Alaska nearly 30 years ago. He always knew he would go back but it took him 20 years to convince me… Continue reading
Into the Wild – Mittagong to Katoomba
Blue Mountains Friday April 2 to Tuesday April 6, 2010 (Walk 125km) I finished the last of my scroggin as we headed to Katoomba along Narrowneck after a five day walk from Mittagong.… Continue reading