Month: February 2011

This post was originally made an hour before the devasting earthquake hit Christchurch. Our hearts go out to all the people of New Zealand 🙁 The new slogan for Tourism New Zealand is “New Zealand Never Leaves You“. For both Cathy and I, that is certainly a true statement....

This USAF Open Skies OC-135B Observation Aircraft was in Whitehorse on February 17, 2011. A chance phone call to my wife alerted me to its presence, and I spent over an hour filming the activity around it, much of it seeming to be dealing with the air temperature of...

I’ve just posted a lengthy photojournal from one of my 6½ weeks on Alaska cruise ships in 2010, this one a 7-night northbound from Vancouver to Whittier on the Coral Princess. There are 146 photos of everything from various features of the ship to sights and activities in the...

Despite a good weather forecast for this past weekend, I had good intentions to get some work done. Then a couple came into the office and I got a reminder that this was Yukon Quest weekend – how did that sneak up on me? Cathy had heard that the...