George Johnston Museum. This place is an enigma, it is a museum about this place, but this place belies buildings and staticity. People ask me how long is required to view the museum properly, well this is my second season here and I feel I haven't done it justice. I think all places require an episode of a lifetime, if not just all the gosh-danged whole lifetime. But, having said that, it seems it is the rare few that finish a lifetime feeling they have done all they can or that they wanted. So, to view and understand the George Johnston Museum, Teslin, the Southern Lakes and all that comes with them through history and with the future I would answer that it is always a project that has to be left undone, because there are others coming up behind that need to be weaved into the overarching story.
I find it is neccessary to drive fast and take long breaks, which evens out to a legal 90kms/hr. Perhaps that is a defense against speeding tickets? Having said that, I haven't seen a police car since I have been here. Including the usual Haines Junction plywood cut-out car... where is it? Live fast and take leisurely breaks, not a bad mantra for a satisfying life.
Having participated in racing, and also participated in slow, experiential canoe and hiking trips I see that both have their allure. Barry Lopez writes about months spent in one position in the sand dunes of the midwest, and about the excitement and involvement of such an experience. But he also discusses the joy of movement through place and time and the fluid motion inducing joy. Choose one or the other? Choose your own adventure? Jump around between the two in a somewhat bewildering jilty lifestyle?
It is wonderful to have the opportunity to savour these thoughts.

