It’s time to leave.

I made reservations to hike the Chilkoot Trail in November. On the Summer Solstice we’re returning to our wedding site to celebrate our 15th anniversary. I allowed all these months to plan. But now, in a half day’s time, our flight is leaving and loose-ends remain.

We spent a lot of our planning, thinking we should spend more time in Canada. So we added to our hike a four-hundred mile canoe paddle on the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson.

We have no experience paddling on a river. We hope watching hours of YouTube videos will substitute for experience.

I’d rather sing one wild song

and burst my heart with it,

than live a thousand years

watching my digestion and

being afraid of the wet.

Jack London

Follow our romantic journey on the Klondike hiking and paddling from Skagway, Alaska to Dawson, Yukon Territory.