Month: February 2014

I’m back on the road again, this time for about 17 days, doing basically a loop around what Destination British Columbia calls the Great Northern Circle Route, with some changes. I left home on Monday just over 2 hours before sunrise, to catch dawn at Teslin. Gorgeous light looking...

Just after 9:00 last night, taking my puppy out for a short walk turned out to be the start of a very, very special night. At that time, there was just a small aurora borealis display showing on the north-eastern horizon. After bringing Bella back in the house, I...

This article was originally written for the Destination BC Blog, but when that was closed, I moved it here, under the same date. British Columbia has 9 main circle routes that take drivers through an incredible variety of country, from the sea and rainforests to deserts and volcanic lava...

Okay, most of the route isn’t quite snow-free, but as you’ll see in the photos below, there’s not much of the white stuff anywhere. The poor organizers of even the Iditarod sled dog race are stressing about where they’re going to find a suitable route. I needed to go...

After a few days trying to adopt one of the husky-cross (a.k.a. “Alaskan Husky”) puppies from a rescued litter near Canmore, Alberta, it finally came together on Thursday (February 6th). I booked a flight for the next day to go down and get her. Air North is well known...