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I started by titling this post “Running errands at 40 below” then decided that normal terminology here might make no sense to people in other places 🙂 Anyway, with the temperature right at -40°C (which is also -40°F), I needed to go into Whitehorse this morning because I offered...

Yesterday started off as a drive into Whitehorse to pick up a new phone, but kept evolving and turned into a superb drive to Kluane Lake and back – 8 hours, 511 km. I had taken some extra photo gear and clothing with me with a drive of some...

My focus recently has switched back to scanning my files. While doing that a couple of days ago, I found some hike reports from 1993-1995, written as I was researching the historic mines on Montana Mountain for my first book, “Fractured Veins & Broken Dreams.” I carried a notebook,...

In the past week, I’ve been out shooting the aurora 4 times, but the mornings of December 17th and 18th are the main ones I want to show you. On the 13th, there were 2 brief shows, one at 03:40 that wasn’t very impressive and again that night at...

I got home Monday afternoon (December 4th) from a 3-night visit to Calgary, to see my kids and their families. I had booked the flights right after getting home from Hawaii, and have been pretty stressed out about it, but it went well. My only unassisted trip since I...

I’ve been watching the weather forecasts for Whitehorse and Skagway recently, waiting for a good day to make the drive to Skagway. The last time I was down was in July when I took the motorcycle, and it’s hard to say when Cathy’s last visit to our coastal neighbour...

The arrival of the Boeing 747 that I reported on in my last post caused quite a stir among the many airplane fans in Whitehorse, and I expect that most of us thought that would be the last one we’d see for many years. Imagine our surprise when that...

For the many people in Whitehorse who are interested in aircraft, having a Boeing 747 land here is a big deal. Prior to the one I’m going to tell you about, there had only been three – two from Korean Air were forced to land here on September 11,...

The process of disembarkation from the Koningsdam at Canada Place, getting a taxi, and getting to our flight home, had stressed me out but with Cathy’s help as well as good organization by the cruiseline and dock workers, and probably some luck, it was quick and simple. By 09:40...

We sailed from Honolulu the evening of October 18th, and arrived in Vancouver early the morning of October 24th. Those 5½ days were similar to the ones on the Astoria-Kauai crossing, but this post will show you events and places I didn’t cover in the one about the westbound...