In the past, when we talked with friends about our Airstream travels and someone asked about our favorite place, we used to scratch our heads. We’d been to so many diverse places; plus, what constitutes “favorite”? Most beautiful? Most fun? Most friendly? Best hiking, or best kayaking? To make things easier, I started picking Yukon, […]
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Faro: Named for a Card Game
Faro, Yukon, is a tiny little town born from mining, but not the kind we’re used to hearing about up here near Alaska. Yeah, people panned for gold along the Pelly River (Pharaoh/Faro is an old French card game they played), but the big deal was lead and zinc. As in, the world’s largest open-pit […]
Along the Klondike and Campbell Highways
Just a little north of Whitehorse, we left the Alaska Highway for the first time in ages and drove north along the Klondike, then east along the Robert Campbell. These names may seem to slip off my tongue easily (despite my terrible map skills) only because I’ve been hearing Tracy and Melanie plan their trips […]
