When Nature Calls By Terry Leinemann Steel wool clouds shroud the sky in a sombre veil, pelting the placer gold mining camp with rain, casting shadows over… Read more “When Nature Calls (A short story)”
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A View From an Outhouse
I have developed a fascination and appreciation for outhouses during my time in the Yukon. Inspired by those weather-beaten sentries held captive to the whims of Mother… Read more “A View From an Outhouse”
A Foggy Sunday in the Middle of Nowhere
Fog surrounds the placer gold mining camp in an eerie white mist cutting us off from the rest of the world. It rained last night and puddles… Read more “A Foggy Sunday in the Middle of Nowhere”
Cherished Memory of 2018
On the first day of 2018, I started a five-year “one question a day” journal. The questions have been thought-provoking and fun to answer. Today, December 31st,… Read more “Cherished Memory of 2018”
Crossing Canada (Part Two)
After a stop for a dozen of the best cinnamon sugar donuts in Canada at the Masstown Market near Truro, we headed west. We got as far… Read more “Crossing Canada (Part Two)”
Home for Thanksgiving
After a great mining season, we said our good-byes in camp and drove to Dawson City, Yukon. The next morning we drove to Whitehorse and stayed two… Read more “Home for Thanksgiving”
Fall in the Yukon, and the Bear
Near the end of our stay in camp, an hour west of Dawson City, Yukon, the trees were beginning to lose their golden leaves, and the puddles… Read more “Fall in the Yukon, and the Bear”
Yukon Summer 2018
Five days left until we head south. Mining season is almost done for the year. The past five months passed before our eyes in minutes, it seems, and yet it feels much… Read more “Yukon Summer 2018”
Land of the Midnight Sun
I was awake at one a.m., and before turning in for the night I visited the outhouse. The sun was dropping behind the hill, not actually setting because we… Read more “Land of the Midnight Sun”
Third Season in the Yukon
After our white-knuckle crossing of the frozen, slushy Yukon River on a sunny spring day in April, Friday the 13th to be exact, we drove the Top… Read more “Third Season in the Yukon”