Month: October 2008

Monty and Kayla know that what’s really important is getting out of the house at least twice a day regardless of the weather. As soon as it gets light and then again about 7:00pm, we make a loop around the property, which takes 10-15 minutes depending on the number...

As the snow gets deeper and deeper, my mind occasionally wanders to warm places, and last night I ended up in Costa Rica, where friends of mine are developing property, and then in Panamá. I love history as much as I love warm beaches, and I discovered that the...

When Palin loses her race for US Vice-President in a few days, will she be welcomed home? A few weeks ago it looked like she would be – a lot of folks back home were pretty pleased by all the attention the state was getting. To say that the...

Sorry, the reds, yellows and oranges you were hoping for dropped onto the ground many weeks ago. The photo below was shot on the way home from Whitehorse at noon today. The colours of Fall are now black and white. I fired up my SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) therapy...

One of the people responsible for the residents of Carcross starting the process of banning motor vehicles from the beach apparently thinks that he’s given the community the finger. Yes, we all know who you are, loser. The photos below show the damage he did following the meeting –...

A very interesting poll at iftheworldcouldvote.com shows who “the world” thinks would make the best US President. As of a minute ago, Barack Obama has received the thumbs up from 87.1% of the people who voted – that’s 378,484 votes for Obama. I think McCain is one scary s.o.b....

The South Klondike Local Advisory Council (SKLAC) hosted a meeting in Carcross last night, to further assess public support for rezoning part of the beach of Lake Bennett. The rezoning, taking the beach from “Hinterland” to “Hinterland-X” (hinterland with some restrictions), was presented as banning ATVs and dirt bikes...

For many people, sending postcards to the folks back home is part of the fun of travel. For a rapidly-growing number of travellers, creating scrapbooks when they get back home helps cement and even enhance the memories. Wouldn’t it be great to have postage stamps showing where you are...

With the temperature forecast to dive to far-below-normal in the next few days, much of yesterday was spent doing some pre-winter maintenance around the house. The “must-do” job was the semi-annual water change and cleaning of the hot tub. It’s a pretty simple process – drain, scrub it down...

That’s a pretty offensive title, isn’t it? Well, the manager of the Alaska Shirt Company store in Skagway stole $78,000 from the company back in June and disappeared, then came back to Skagway 2 months later on the Norwegian Star! When even that didn’t get him arrested, he left...