Haines Junction - Alaska Highway- Yukon

Haines Junction is a village located at Kilometre 1,632 (historical mile 1016) of the Alaska Highway, Yukon, Canada.
The current town of Haines Junction was established in 1942 and 1943 during the construction of the Alaska Highway. In 1943 a second highway, the Haines Highway, was built to connect the Alaska Highway with the coastal town of Haines, Alaska over the Chilkat Pass. Situated at the junction of these two highways, Haines Junction was a construction camp and a supply and service centre for the US Army Corps building the highway.


It is home to the most photographed church in Canada :) :) so i felt i should add to the statistics.

God's Backpocket - Northern Canada-Yukon

The absolute size of Canada i think will always amaze me... coming from wee Ireland, were coast to coast takes 3hours. I don't believe i had ever driven more than 4/5 hours in my life in one go :)

Canada takes that to a whole new level, so getting on a plane in Toronto... i flew for 7 hours/ 12 hours in travel time in total... and never left the country!!!
However i did get off the plane in Whitehorse, Yukon in a different world.
The first snow had just fallen (in September!)
Firstly the airport in Whitehorse, is officially the cutest airport ever!! (however it did take over an hour to get my bag, as one poor man had the task of personally taking all the bags off!)
Whitehorse is not what i expected, google images shows a city/town, and gives the impression of a large town, it is anything but.. in a town frozen in time.

Whitehorse is located at Historic Mile 918 on the Alaska Highway. The town isn't anything spectacular, it was the end of the season and alot of the stores, bars where closed up for the winter. Most visitors seemed to be hunters.

As i drove east on the Alaska Highway, i have to admit it is some of the most spectacular scenery in the world.


Driving from Whitehorse to Haines Juntion.
Haines Junction is a village located at Kilometre 1,632 (historical mile 1016) of the Alaska Highway, it is locally referred too as the 'Gateway to Kluane" .
Kluane National Park and Reserve of Canada covers an area of 21,980 square kilometres. It is a land of precipitous, high mountains, immense icefields and lush valleys that yield a diverse array of plant and wildlife species and provides for a host of outdoor activities. Kluane National Park and Reserve is also home to Mount Logan (5959 m/19,545 ft), Canada's highest peak.


Next trip, i will spend more time in the Kluane park, the icefields are supposed to be amazing.

Rock of Ages :)

Just a small town girl..... living in a lonely world.... she took the midnight train to Georgia ...

Rock of Ages - Royal Alexander Theatre-Toronto.......... Simple Amazing!!

Being a lover of musicals... seeing Mamma Mia on Broadway nearly 10 years ago! i have made it a mission to catch them whenever i can! When i relocated to Toronto over a year ago, it was jackpot! my guilty pleasure could become a reality!

Sitting alone on NYE's and feeling quite down, i was watching the Toronto live countdown and next thing the cast of Rock of Ages performed! i was in love in seconds, hit google as fast as i could type! then tried to find an excuse to get to NY to see the show!!

Then i spotted it......... coming to Toronto!!

so i have patiently waited, counting days..... for the official announcment and dates!

and BANG.. tickets booked :) :)

It lived up to every expection!! Best night i have had in a long time!

some of my favourite songs ever.. 'can't fight this feeling any more', 'more than words', don't stop believin'....

and it didn't stop there from the second the curtain went up.. we were singing..laughin.. clapping.. tappin..

There are no words to do it justice :)

An amazing cast, fantastic production......... just waiting to get there again :)

Cheerleading - End of Season 1

As the summer starts creeping up.. slowly we hit end of year shows nearly every the weekend!

Cheerleading ended on a high...

Nationals :) what a way to end a year! The girls were amazing!

Two days of competition... teams from across Canada!

The Daisy Rays did themselves proud with a 5th!

abandoned blog!!!

i keep forgetting about updating this :) :)

well in my defense its been a pretty damn mental couple of weeks!!

but am going to try get it up to date!!

Ice Show - End of Season

Legends & Laces - ICE SHOW

So as the end of the Canadian Winter comes upon us.... its time to hang up the skates and skis for the summer!! (whoo hoo)

to end the season in style... the Guelph Figure Skating Club produce their annual Ice show! this year being Legends & Laces... and my babies were part of it :) :)

the twins became jungle babies... and Saoirse found another excuse to put a leotard on!!!

Once again i was doing the 'proud mammy with tears in my eyes routine' as i watched my monkies, who crawled onto the ice a couple of months ago looking at me as if i had lost the plot expecting them to actually be able to stand up, skate as if they had been born with skates on their feet!!

unfazed by the huge hockey rink, all the people and the lights... they just plottered on and did their routines!

It was simply magic!!

Best Sunsets in the World!

There is no where more beautiful in the world than the sun setting in Co. Clare......... well in particular from the beach in Lahinch or over the Cliffs of Moher :)

Its my one true happy place... no matter how far i travel in the world..... nothing beats the sun setting on the atlantic ocean