Category: Aviation – flights

This is the 11th and final post from our Alaska cruise and Sunshine Coast road trip. On June 13th, we were in no hurry to leave Sechelt, where the Davis Bay Pier offered great views of passing boats, and the crystal-clear waters made me want to wade in. We...

As I start writing this, it’s Sunday, June 16. Cathy and I flew from Whitehorse to Vancouver on June 1st, and arrived home the night of the 14th. The heart of the trip was a 7-night cruise from Vancouver to Whittier on Holland America’s Nieuw Amsterdam with two of...

I arrived home yesterday evening from an Awesome Arctic Adventure, and am now sorting several hundred photos for probably five blog posts. In brief summary, I flew from Whitehorse to Inuvik to meet a friend on Sunday, we drove to Tuktoyaktuk and back on Monday, drove the ice road...

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...

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...

This was the first visit to Kauai for both Cathy and I, and since we booked the cruise I’d been dreaming of doing a bucket-list flight along the Na Pali coast. Cathy booked us with Ali’i Air Tours, in a Robinson R44 with the doors off. She was only...

I seem to have never acknowledged this day (May 30th) for its significance as a life-changing day. It would certainly be on the very short list of the most significant such days ever for me. This day, May 30th, 55 years ago, was my first time in an airplane....

This post is rather odd in that I’m writing it 2½ weeks after the event, and back-dating to when I would normally have written it, that afternoon. The reason for this is that my brain injury symptoms flared up in a major way a few weeks ago and I’m...

July 28th was simply a travel day for Cathy and I, flying home from Vancouver. There was more, of course, but nothing worth talking about 🙂 Our flight got delayed, but we got quite a comedy show at our boarding gate at YVR. There were a bunch of guys...

Last week Cathy and I had to return to Vancouver. It was another medical trip unfortunately, but walking and photography are stress relievers for me and I put on about 35 km during the 2 full and 2 part days there. The 3 main walks are mostly what I’ll...