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Nov 4, 2024 | 
whatsupyukon.com | Kylie Campbell-Clarke |Newest Edition
When I decided to go on a trip, being a new mum and having a family meant I couldn’t travel the same ways as I used to. I used to stay in a shared dormitory or on some stranger’s couch, hitchhiking or getting lost. My husband Ryan was not OK with this type of travel and maybe I was too old to be travelling that way anyway. So I decided to do my first organized tour with G Adventures. This tour was 10 days through Guatemala, Belize and Mexico.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
whatsupyukon.com | Kylie Campbell-Clarke
Having a child means having to relearn old things. They don’t know how to eat or drink, or basically do anything useful. It’s rather impressive how useless human beings are as babies. Luckily we have such large brains, because without those, our inability to care for ourselves would leave us at the bottom of the animal food chain. However, now that I have Maverick, I’m excited and daunted by the task of being the one to teach him these things.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
whatsupyukon.com | Kylie Campbell-Clarke
It was a warm Saturday morning as I prepared my gear for hiking with my son Maverick. I had been spending my weekends hiking solo but decided it was time to include my little ginger bub on his first hiking adventure up Fish Lake. I’ve hiked it hundreds of times, but I was a little nervous with Maverick. Would I have everything I needed? What if something happens? So many questions swirling in my head.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
whatsupyukon.com | Kylie Campbell-Clarke
I’ve tried a lot of things as an adult, some have been more difficult than others. But something relatively easy for me is golfing. My husband Ryan has recently become obsessed with the sport and takes every opportunity to head to the golf course. So one evening we thought we’d join him down at the driving range at Mountain View Golf Club to have a try at this sport.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
whatsupyukon.com | Kylie Campbell-Clarke
Maverick is a very lucky boy; his mother (me) is Australian, and a dream, for most, became a reality for him at four months when we went to Australia. Before Maverick was born, my husband Ryan (fiance at the time) was supposed to come with me to visit my entire family in 2020. So, that didn’t happen. But this time, husband and baby in tow, the baby was much more the star of the show. However, I didn’t want to just visit my family.
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
whatsupyukon.com | Kylie Campbell-Clarke
It is absolutely no joke to say that women are incredible, with their ability to multitask, create, give birth and care for children. And, as they experience loss, they sometimes suffer in silence. And, while thinking about International Women’s Day, I wanted to talk about something that people don’t want to talk about, but should … miscarriages.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
whatsupyukon.com | Kylie Campbell-Clarke
Newborns are basically like puppies: everything is so new. Literally, once they come out of the belly they are using everything for the first time. They’ve never had to eat through their mouths or poop out their bottoms. So everything hurts; everything is new. The first three months, newborns are the most-useless creatures on the planet. It’s actually quite shocking that human beings are the dominant species on Earth, because we are utterly useless for so long.
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Dec 25, 2023 | 
whatsupyukon.com | Kylie Campbell-Clarke
Travelling (literally across the world) requires planning and also luck when you have a five-month old baby. But my husband Ryan and I managed to survive on our recent trip to Australia and Fiji. So, here are some tips for international travelling!Seating (for baby!)This miracle contraption is a must for any baby under nine months old! Our flights from Vancouver to Nadi, Fiji, were 10 to 12 hours, and the thought of holding Maverick for that long made me cry.
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Dec 17, 2023 | 
whatsupyukon.com | Kylie Campbell-Clarke
I love Christmas. I love the lights and the presents, and I love to spend it in wintertime! Here are some of my more-memorable Christmases from around the world (so far). AustraliaI grew up in a beach city where Christmas was often 30℃ and the main dish was cold, unpeeled prawns. The food was cold: cold ham, cold sides … you get the point. Christmas Day was the big day—December 25th—when we opened presents first thing in the morning with a big breakfast, and then lunch/dinner.
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Aug 21, 2023 | 
whatsupyukon.com | Kylie Campbell-Clarke
Travelling with a baby is no easy feat, and if you’re crazy enough to do it, you need to prepare yourself very, very well. Living in the Yukon without any family certainly makes things difficult when taking care of a newborn. As the saying goes, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Well, the village is our friends. That makes it difficult because friends have no “biological obligation” to take care of a baby and they generally would rather enjoy the short, hot summer days of the Yukon.
