Month: April 2015

The vast, almost always empty beach at Dyea is one of my favourite places to go as Spring approaches. The real Spring, not the one of the calendar that bears no resemblance to the Northern one 🙂 On Wednesday, the dogs and I went down for the day, and...

Friday night was intended to be another night of aurora photography. Despite a great forecast, the aurora never showed in any photograph-worthy way, but I did rediscover a side of Whitehorse that I hadn’t seen in many years. There will certainly be other nights like this, as it’s a...

I was quite excited about the opportunity to photograph the latest aurora I’ve ever seen on Thursday night. Although the weather forecast when I went to bed at 8:00 pm indicated that I might have to do some searching for clear skies, the aurora forecast for strong (level 4)...

I finally got out on a real ride today, way later than usual. Just too much going on. Well, I actually was out on the bike for an hour or so the day before we went Haines over Easter, but an hour doesn’t real count 🙂 The plan today...

After a pretty dismal winter for aurora viewing, the wonderful displays of the past few weeks have been thrilling, and I’m taking advantage of any possibility to photograph more of them. The forecast was for a good display (a Level 3 at the UAF Geophysical Institute site) but for...

As a child growing up in Surrey in the 1950s and ’60s, the Trans-Canada Highway through the Fraser Canyon was a regular route for our family road trips, and I’ve never lost my fascination with the 7 tunnels that were built between 1957 and 1964. Located between Boston Bar...

Our first RV trip of the season was off to a wonderful start. We knew that rain – possibly even on all 5 days – could happen, but Mother Nature was showing us her best. On Easter Sunday I was up and out early to catch what I hoped...

Getting a very early start to this year’s RV season has been a focus for Cathy and I for many weeks, with 5 nights in Haines over the Easter weekend being the target. For most people, the Victoria Day (May 24th) long weekend is the start, so many services...